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The best definition of theme is...

• The lesson the author is teaching. 
• The message the author is sending.
• A word that summarizes the story.
• The character's main problem.

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Teenagers that are 14 or 15 years old must work outside of school hours. They are not allowed to work more than 3 hours on a school day, including Fridays, and they are only allowed to work 8 hours or less on a nonschool day. Teens of these ages are allowed to work no more than 18 hours during a week when school is in session and no more that 40 hours during a week when school is not in session (summer and school breaks). Teens are allowed to work between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.-except between June 1 and Labor day when the evening hour is extended to 9 p.m.
The author wrote this article most likely to -

• Encourage teenagers to work more hours
• Convince teens to enjoy their youth and not work too much
• Explain the rules of working hours to employers
• Describe possible jobs students of this age group can hold.

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Author's purpose means.........

• The message they want to deliver.
• how he/she feels when they write a text.
• Why he/she writes a text:  to inform, entertain, or persuade someone.
• the opinion of the author.

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Why did the author use imagery in her writing? 

• To be cool.
• To let you know she is in a field of daisies. 
• Because she didn't have anything else to put in the poem. 
• To give you a visual image about where she is at, and to let you know of her surroundings. 

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Ted was anxious to try out for the basketball team. He had practiced and knew he was ready. Tryouts made him a little nervous, but when he found out he made the team he knew that all the work had paid off.

What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain you witha story about a boy who worked hard

• to teach how to play basketball

• to persuade you to try out for the basketball team

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What message is Haymitch trying to send with the sponsors' gift of broth?

• Eat this-you look sick. 
• This will heal Peeta. 
• Play up the romance. 
• Look at what we are having for dinner.  Jealous?

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The purpose of repetition is to

• help the reader memorize the poem

• help the author memorize the poem

• emphasize important ideas in a poem

• emphasize words that are difficult to understand

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What does it mean when an author writes something to persuade?

• The author presents facts and important details to help you learn about a topic.

• The author uses a story, realistic or make believe, to tell you something.

• The author wants to tell you "how to" do something.

• The author tries to get you to change your mind, agree, or asks you to do something.

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the reason an author writes; may be to inform, persuade, entertain, or share

• evaluate

• evidence/support

• author's purpose

• credible

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An author’s goal is to make characters seem

• Perfect in every way

• Like characters in other books or stories

• Like real people

• Different from real people

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