Author's Purpose Practice

What is the author's purpose in writing "Hidden Figures?"

• to persuade

• to entertain

• to inform

• to describe using sensory details

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the author's purpose in writing The Giver?

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to instruct about a process

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What was the author's purpose of the text "Sea Fables Explained?"

Hint: pay attention to the title

• to inform

• to persuade

• to entertain

• to describe using sensory details

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the author's purpose in writing "Cuentos de Josefina or Josephina's Tales?" Consider the genre of this text.

• to instruct about a process

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain/ to teach a moral lesson

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

What is the author's purpose of writing "Miami Dancer Follows Dream While Planning for the Future?"

• to persuade

• to inform/

  to entertain

• to describe using sensory details

• to educate about a step-by-step process

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is the purpose of a fable?

• to make the reader think about sensory details

• to inform the reader about historical or factual information

• to teach the reader a moral lesson & to entertain the reader

• to persuade the reader to agree with an argument presented in the fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is the author's purpose in writing "A Thousand Cranes?"

• to entertain readers with an inspirational story about never losing hope

• to make readers think about historical events like Hiroshima & Nagasaki

• to persuade readers about the importance of war

• both blue and green

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

What is the author's purpose for "Reality TV & Society?"

• to inform readers about reality tv stars

• to persuade readers there are good and bad components of reality tv & social media

• to entertain readers with a descriptive story

• to teach a moral lesson with animal characters

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the author's purpose for "School Lunches: Who Decides What Students Should Eat?"

• to persuade readers school lunches are not healthy

• to inform readers about school lunch programs

• to entertain readers with a descriptive story

• to inform readers about a step-by-step process

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI.8.6