The Inventor's Secret

Who is telling the story "The Inventor's Secret?"

• Henry Ford

• narrator

• Thomas Edison

• Benjamin Franklin

How are Henry and Thomas alike?

• They are both friends with people

• They both fail and try again

• They both are old men

• They are both inventors

Which of the following is the purpose most goes with PERSUADE in an reading?

• to get someone to do something

• to make them laugh

• to tell about a topic

What is the topic of the "Government Must Fund Inventors"

• where the government spends all our money

• why the government should NOT fund inventors

• government funds for inventors

• inventions the government should fund

What does the author mean in this sentence, “ He’d known Thomas’s  secret all along!”

• There was no secret for Thomas to tell

• Henry did not want to know the secret anymore.

• Thomas had told Henry his secret before

• Henry already never gave up

What is another name for central idea?

• heading

• main idea

• topic

• visuals

True or false? The three types of author's purpose are: Persuade, Inform, Entertain

• false

• true

What happens to Henry when he tries to build a steam engine?

• it was the first model of a car he created

• it made him give up on inventing anything

• it never worked at all

• it worked for a little but then it stopped

What is so special about Thomas’s pen?

• it was a mechanical pen that cut paper

• it was a mechanical pen that made copies

• it was a prototype for the copy machine

• it was his first big invention

You can look for the first and last words in a reading to help you find the central idea?

• false

• true