Author's Perspective and Author's Purpose
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Author's Perspective and Author's Purpose
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English
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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How can readers determine the author's perspective?
Look at the LANGUAGE the author uses. Is there any extreme language or are there extreme thoughts?
Look for bias: Does the author take a side?
Use process of elimination
Look at the author’s purpose. WHY did the author write the text?
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Author's perspective IS NOT:
Point of View
The reason for writing.
How the author feels about the text.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Select TWO ways to determine the author's purpose.
Ask yourself: What is the author’s point of view? How do they FEEL about what they wrote?
Ask yourself: What is the genre; what kind of text is this?
Write Mrs. Patterson a poem about her great beauty.
Who is the intended audience? Who is the author writing for?
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.7.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is tone?
The reason for writing a text.
Writer's opinions about the topic.
A writer's attitude toward a subject/topic they're writing about.
How the author views the topic.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Bias is:
Parts of a text that draw your attention to certain information.
The author's argument in their writing.
The author's point of view about the topic.
prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.6
6.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following can help you identify an author's point of view? Select all that apply.
recognizing the tone the author used
forming a perspective
understanding the author's purpose
context clues
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Author's purpose or author's perspective?
In the author's opinion, what should be done to: ______________?
Perspective
Purpose
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
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