Reading Strategies: Author's Purpose

What is the author's purpose in writing a persuasive text?

Which reading strategy can help determine the author's purpose?

• Analyzing tone and language

• Examining the setting

• Summarizing the plot

• Identifying the main characters

What is the author's purpose in writing an informative text?

• To entertain the reader

• To provide information or educate the reader

• To persuade the reader

• To confuse the reader

Which reading strategy involves quickly looking over a text to get a general idea?

• scanning

• detailed reading

• skipping

• skimming

What is the author's purpose in writing a narrative text?

• To persuade and convince

• To educate and inform

• To summarize and analyze

• To entertain or tell a story

Which reading strategy involves making predictions based on the title, headings, and visuals?

• scanning

• previewing

• skimming

• summarizing

What is the author's purpose in writing a descriptive text?

• To provide a detailed and vivid description

• To persuade the reader to take a specific action

• To entertain the reader with a fictional story

• To confuse the reader with unnecessary details

Which reading strategy involves creating mental images while reading?

• summarizing

• visualization

• predicting

• skimming

What is the author's purpose in writing an advertisement?

• To provide information about a product or service

• To entertain the audience with creative content

• To educate the audience about a topic unrelated to the product or service

• To persuade or convince the audience to buy a product or service

Which reading strategy involves condensing the main ideas of a text?

• analyzing

• expanding

• summarizing

• paraphrasing