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Author's Purpose
What was the author's purpose in writing this passage?
Slowly I began to recover. I poured water over my face and neck and watched the dirty water run down my arms to the ground.

• To inform the reader that it is hot out.
• To reflect on a time that he was working in the fields.
• To persuade the reader to believe that working in the fields is hard.
• To entertain us with a story about an old injury.

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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

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What is the author's purpose?
A note from your friend asking you to be his science partner.

• Entertain
• Inform
• Persuade

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A letter from a Civil War soldier to his wife.

• primary

• secondary

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"You will never be satisfied in life if you don’t seize this opportunity. Do you want to live the rest of your years yearning to know what would have happened if you just jumped when you had the chance?"

What type of rhetoric is being used?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

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"Spring Break is a fun time of year. We gather with our family and eat delicious food. It is usually warm and my cousins and I play tag and swim! I look forward to it every year!"

The author's point of view in this passage is ..

• positive feeling about spring break

• negative feeling about spring break

• has no opinion about spring break

• doesn't care about spring break

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What is the author's purpose for giving so much background about the land, taxes, and Papa on the railroad crew?

• Taylor wanted to emphasize the struggle a black family faced owning land during this time period.

• Taylor wanted to included information about the Civil War and Reconstruction.

• Taylor wanted to emphasize how sharecroppers worked land during the depression.

• Taylor wanted to explain the process of owning land in Mississippi during the Great Depression.

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For what 3 purposes do authors write?

• enterain, inform, engage

• entertain, inform, contain

• inform, persuade, entertain

• inform, depict, retain

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When an author's purpose is to inform, it means the author is

• trying to make you enjoy the story by keeping the reader's attention.

• trying to give you information and teach you facts.

• trying to get you to do or try something.

• trying to see if you are paying attention.

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a belief or a view about something

• compare

• opinion

• analyze

• predict

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