Genre EOL

What is the author's main purpose for argumentative texts?

• inform or explain

• teach

• convince or persuade

• express emotion

What is the author's main purpose for an informational text?

• teach a lesson

• express emotion

• persuade or convince

• inform or explain

What is the author's main purpose for poetry?

• teach a lesson or express emotion

• inform or describe

• persuade or convince

• teach a lesson

What is the author's main purpose for fiction?

• express emotion or teach a lesson

• persuade or convince

• explain or describe

• teach a lesson

What's the author's main purpose for drama?

• teach a lesson or express emotion

• teach a lesson

• persuade or convince

• inform or explain

If the author's main purpose is to teach a lesson, what is that lesson called?

• Message

• Theme

• Moral

• claim

If you ask me, the perfect pizza has a thin crust, but not too thin.  Even though I’m from Chicago, I prefer the New York style crust.  Your perfect pizza might have tomato sauce on it, but mine has pesto on top of the crust.  On the pesto I’d like to see lots of cheese: a full layer of shredded mozzarella and Romano cheese, and on top of the shredded mozzarella, I’d like to see some slices of fresh mozzarella.  Now you might think I’m crazy for this one, but I’d really like to see some goat cheese in the crust.  To top it all off, I’d like to see it polka-dotted with pepperoni slices.  Now that’s what I call a pizza pie.     

What is the structure of this text?

• problem/solution

• cause/effect

• description

• chronological

Tommy wanted a skateboard badly. Sometimes he would stay after school just to watch the older boys do tricks on the stairs. Tommy thought that it looked like so much fun to grind down rails and kickflip over gaps. He imagined performing jaw-dropping tricks on the landmarks he passed on his way home. After months of saving money and begging his grandma, Tommy finally got a skateboard. With a beaming grin across his face, Tommy ran to his driveway and tried one of the tricks that he had imagined. As Tommy put his first foot on his skateboard, the skateboard slid out from under him and he fell on his butt. Tommy broke out into tears. That was the last time that Tommy rode a skateboard.

What is the theme of this text?

• Always tell the truth.

• Be a good friend.

• Stand up for what is right.

• No pain, no gain.

Janet looked at the rickety rope bridge as it swayed in the wind. The small planks on the floor of the bridge were spaced about a foot apart. They looked like they had been made from driftwood or wine corks. Janet looked down into the canyon below the rope bridge. It was wide and deep. She could barely make out what was at the bottom. She inched onto the first plank. It creaked loudly. Then she put her weight onto the weathered plank, clinging tightly to the ropes. The wind had a ghostly whistle.

What is the mood of this text?

• excited

• scared

• sad

• depressed

Vince held the slice of pepperoni pizza in his palm as the cheese dripped through his fingers. He didn't know what to do. The cafeteria was afire with slices of pizza flying through the air. Splat! A greasy slice of sausage pizza splattered on Vince's table. The sauce splashed up and hit his friend R. J. in the chest. "Ugh!" R. J. shouted as he fell into Vince's arms. "I'm hit Vince!"

What is the POV of this text?

• third-person omniscient

• second-person

• first-person

• third-person limited