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     The easy Chopper 3 will chop your vegetables for you in about 30 seconds. It is easy to use and you can use any vegetable. The cost is $ 29.95. Order yours today! 

• to Inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

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What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A billboard asking voters to appoint Joe Santiago as Sanitation Commissioner 

• to inform
• to entertain
• to persuade
• to describe

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The act of convincing someone of your point of view.  The author uses a blend of facts and opinions to convince the audience.

• persuasion 
• argument
• description
• narrative

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Why does the author write that it has been raining for "thousands upon thousands of days" and that a"a thousand forests had been crushed under the rain"?

• To show how much the children want to see the sun.
• To contrast Margot's and Williams feeling about the sun.
• To emphasize what seven years of rain must seem like.
• To express what the landscape of Venus really looks like.

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Sea of Monsters: Percy & the Olympians Excerpt
By Rick Riordan
My nightmare started like this.I was standing on a deserted street in some little beach town. It was the middle of the night. A storm was blowing.Wind and rain ripped at the palm trees along the sidewalk.Pink and yellow stucco buildings lined the street, their windows boarded up. A block away, past a line of hibiscus bushes, the ocean churned. Florida, I thought. Though I wasn’t sure how I knew that. I’d never been to Florida. Then I heard hooves clattering against the pavement. I turned and saw my friend Grover running for his life. Yeah, I said hooves.Grover is a satyr. From the waist up, he looks like a typical gangly teenager with a peach-fuzz goatee and a bad case of acne. He walks with a strange limp, but unless you happen to catch him without his pants on (which I don’t recommend), you’d never know there was anything unhuman about him. Baggy jeans and fake feet hide the fact that he’s got furry hindquarters and hooves. Grover had been my best friend in sixth grade. He’d gone on this adventure with me and a girl named Annabeth to save the world, but I hadn’t seen him since last July, when he set off alone on a dangerous quest—a quest no satyr had ever returned from.
Why does the author most likely include this excerpt?

• to show what is happening during the storm
• to imply the main character is in danger
• to express his interest in visiting Florida
• to explain the background of his friend Grover

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Read the following constructed response question, and choose the best beginning answer.
Explain why the author chose to bold some words in the passage.

• The bold words...
• The author chose to bold some words in the passage.
• Words  in the passage...
• The author wrote some words.

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What is the goal of persuasive writing?

• To get the reader to acknowledge that your side is valid and deserves consideration as another point.

• To get the reader to agree with you and your opponent.

• To get the reader to agree with you/your point of view on a particular topic.

• To get the reader to acknowledge that your side is the only valid point.

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The message or lesson the writer is trying to get across to the reader is called the...

• summary

• central idea

• theme

• plot

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In an advertisement, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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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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