Author's Purpose Superstars of Slow

What is the most likely reason that the author wrote the selection?

• To explain to the reader the biggest dangers that sloths face

• To encourage the reader to support a place that helps sloths

• To show the reader what it is like to visit a sloth sanctuary

• To provide the reader with interesting facts about sloths

What is the most likely reason the author includes the details in paragraph 1?

• To show that some sloths have become well known to scientists

• To suggest that some sloths can move fast if they have to

• To show that sloths are a lot like other animals that live in trees

• To suggest that sloths have a special quality that helps them survive

What is the most likely reason the author includes the photograph on page 17?

• To show that sloths are good swimmers

• To show one type of food sloths like to eat

• To show that sloths like to play in trees

• To show that sloths grow algae on their fur

What is the most likely reason the author wrote the section titled Helping Sloths?

• To give details about what Becky Cliffe is doing to protect sloths

• To help the reader picture what the santuary looks like

• To explain why sloths need a safe place

• To encourage the reader to donate to the sloth santuary

What is the most likely reason the author included the information in paragraph 3?

• To explain how sloths eat algae

• To explain why sloths hang upside down

• To describe how some physical characteristics of the sloth are beneficial

• To provide facts about the sloths claws