Author's Purpose Preassessment

What are the three types of author's purpose?

• confuse

• bore

• educate

• inform, persuade, entertain

Which type of author's purpose focuses on providing information or explaining a topic?

• entertaining

• narrative

• persuasive

• informative

When identifying author's purpose, what should you consider?

• The length of the text

• The main goal or intention of the author

• The author's personal background

• The font style used in the text

What is the author's purpose in persuasive writing?

• To convince the audience

• To inform the audience

• To entertain the audience

• To confuse the audience

What techniques are commonly used in persuasive writing to achieve the author's purpose?

• Appealing to fear and intimidation tactics

• Use of profanity, personal attacks, and insults

• Misrepresenting facts and distorting information

• Emotional appeal, logical reasoning, use of evidence and examples, rhetorical questions, repetition, and addressing counterarguments.

What is the main goal of an author when writing to entertain?

• To confuse and frustrate the audience.

• To engage and captivate the audience.

• To educate and inform the audience.

• To bore and disinterest the audience.

What strategies can be used to determine the author's purpose?

• Analyze grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

• Identify the main characters and plot of the story.

• Evaluate the font and formatting of the text.

• Analyze tone, language, content, context, and audience.

Why is it important to understand the author's purpose when reading a text?

• Understanding the author's purpose helps the reader predict the ending of the story.

• Understanding the author's purpose helps the reader comprehend the message, analyze the text critically, and evaluate the credibility of the information.

• Understanding the author's purpose is irrelevant to understanding the text.

• Understanding the author's purpose is only important for fiction texts, not non-fiction texts.

A text may share facts about recycling and also encourage the reader to recycle also. What is/are the purpose(s)?

• inform

• persuade

• persuade and inform

• inform and entertain

Answer explanation

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What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain you with a story about artists
• to teach you how all artists become famous
• to persuade you to attend an art program
• to explain how to paint a sunset