ACT Prep - Reading Terms 1

What are the three primary reasons author's write or create a text?
(Think: Author's Purpose)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify
• Perform, Infer, Entertain
• Persuade, Infer, Educate

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you
• Make people angry
• Make people think the opposite thing
• Make people fall in love

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information
• Take the form
• Give in a form

Entertain means...

• To make people scared
• To make people sad
• To make people enjoy something
• To go to the circus

the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something 

• persuade
• inform
• entertain

“Once upon a time in a magical kingdom, there lived a great hero. He was about to set out on a dangerous quest!” (Author's Puprose here is to -)

• Explain
• Persuade
• Entertain
• Inform

Hellen Keller was born in 1880 and died in 1968. Despite being deaf and blind, Keller was a political activist, a lecturer, an author, and a tireless advocate for those with disabilities. (Author's purpose here is to -"

• Entertain
• Explain
• Inform
• Describe

What is the "tone" of a text?

• the reason why an author writes

• the way a reader feel while reading, listening or viewing a text

• the author's attitude about a topic

• the author's attitude about his/her readers

An objective or factual tone in a text would most likely include what kind of details?

• personal experiences

• senses

• reasonable explanations

• facts

Tone is expressed through an author's ___________ and ___________.

• words; details

• images; sounds

• images; feelings

• ideas; emotions