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What is the purpose of an informative essay?

• To provide information, or explain steps in a process. 
• To tell a story. 
• To entertain the readers.
• To persuade the reader.

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A magazine article about JJ Watt is most likely to 

• Entertain the reader with a funny interview
• Inform the reader about JJ Watt's professional career
• Persuade you to watch the Texans
• Express JJ Watt's feelings about football 

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Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have 9,000 taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.

What does the author want you to learn about the passage?

• Why we can taste only sweet things.

• that we taste through our nose

• Taste buds are found in different places.

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An author's claim is..........

• only in fiction text.
• a central idea.
• a fact.
• his/her opinion or stance on something; their argument

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Maria agrees with what the Nazis are doing.

• True
• False

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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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Today’s Lesson: Hip-Hop by Anita Perry
Year after year, most literature classes cover the same authors and genres. It’s time that educators made a change. For teachers to keep current and engage students, we must allow students to read diverse texts from their own generation. As a first step, hip-hop should beincluded in the literature curriculum.This suggestion is not as odd as it may seem. After all, hip-hop is simply another formof poetry, as are all song lyrics. It contains rhyme scheme, rhythm, and meter. In addition,hip-hop lyrics deal with the same timeless themes as other forms of poetry, including heartache and the challenges of growing up. In many ways, today’s hip-hop artists are contemporary versions of Shakespeare and Emily Dickinson, only with a modern, fresh perspective.What is the author's argument or claim? 

• Hip-hop should be taught as literature.
• Hip-Hop is a form of poetry.
• Hip-Hop is not appropriate in the classroom. 
• None of these

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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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The Underground Railroad was a secret organization which helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters. 

• to Inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

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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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