Author's Purpose 3

An author's purpose is...

• the reason an author writes
• the reason an author teaches
• author's sense of humor
• author's way of life. 

The author is the ____________ of a story. 

• writer
• artist
• reader
• setting

You read a fiction book for fun. The purpose of the book is to...

• enterain
• persuade
• inform
• express feelings

If you read a short, funny story, the purpose of the story is to _______________ you. 

• entertain 
• inform 
• persuade
• express feelings to 

When you watch a debate on TV, the people debating are trying to ___________________ you. 

• enterain 
• inform
• persuade
• express feelings to

When you watch a documentary on TV about an event in history, such as WWII, the purpose of the documentary is to ___________________.

• entertain
• persuade
• inform 
• express feelings

If you go to a poetry reading about someone's feelings at a cafe, the reader's purpose is to _______________________.

• entertain
• inform
• persuade
• express feelings

Nonfiction is...

• fake stories
• true stories
• stories that are made up
• stories that are not real

A newspaper is considered a nonfiction document. 

• true
• false

You see a movie trailer on TV. You then want to go see the movie. What has the movie trailer done effectively? 

• inform you
• entertain you
• persuade you
• express theor feelings to you