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Author's Purpose, Fables, We Real Cool

Authored by Cory Veldhuizen

English

10th Grade

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Author's Purpose, Fables, We Real Cool
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1.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Persuade

,

(b) Inform

,

(c) Entertain

Give new data

Argue

Influence

Life like description

Explain

Emotional Experience

Change opinion

Teach

Often uses narrative

2.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Appeals to Logic

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(b) Appeals to Emotion

,

(c) Appeals to Character or Trust

This just makes sense...

You're a bad person if you don't...

If you don't do this, something bad will happen!

This idea leads to the conclusion that...

The data shows that...

This will help you feel safe.

I've been working this job for 30 years

I'm achieved fame and success.

I'm a doctor, so I know...

3.

MATCH QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Match the fable with the moral

The Stag & His Reflection

The evil doer often comes to harm through his own deceit.

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Do not be too hard to suit or you may have to be content with the worst or with nothing at all.

The Heron

Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.

The Oak and the Reeds

We often make much of the ornamental and despise the useful.

The Wild Boar & the Fox

Better to yield when it is folly to resist stubbornly and be destroyed.

4.

MATCH QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Match the following text with the author's purpose

Facebook post venting about gas prices

Inform

Newspaper article

Entertain

The House of the Scorpion

Persuade

5.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Soapstone Element

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(b) Not Soapstone Element

,

(c) What to wear on Friday

Speaker

Entertain

Text

Carbon

Analyze

Not "nerd shirts"

Occasion

Nitrogen

Subject

Apple pie

Purpose

Audience

Tone

Flannel

6.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Organize these themes into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Themes in "We Real Cool"

,

(b) Themes not in "We Real Cool"

Teenage Rebellion

Family relationships can be difficult but are worth it

The foolishness of youth

Friendship requires trust

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

If you see elements of a story like characters, conflict, and setting, there is a good chance the author's purpose has something to do with:

Persuade

Entertain

Inform

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