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Why does the author compare a kite's tail to a snake?

• to show what the kite feels like
• to show what the kite looks like
• to show what the kits smells like
• to show how the kite sounds

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Do you enjoy kites?  If you order right away, we will give you directions for making kites out of all kinds of materials-sticks, straws, socks, and more.  All of this for only $10.95.  Hurry!  Time is limited. 
What is this ad trying to get the reader to do?

• buy information about sticks and straws.
• Buy information about sock puppets.
• Buy information about kite making.
• Buy a read-to-fly kite.

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In directions, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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The instructions for the board game, Monopoly is meant to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not litter 

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!
What is the authors purpose in this text? 

• To Persuade
• To Entertain
• To Inform 
• To Explain

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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 from the passage?

• Why we can taste only certain things
• That we taste through our noses
• Where taste buds are found
• We have taste buds on our tongues

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A sign saying, “Rest Stop Five Miles Ahead.”

• Warn
• Illustrate
• Inform
• Persuade

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Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and fangs that inject venom. Spiders have primarily four pairs of eyes on the top-front area.  What is the author's purpose?

• To highlight how the venom spiders have can be dangerous.
• To inform readers on the habitat of a spider.
• To describe characteristics of a spider.
• To compare spiders with other insects.

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Why does the author say at the beginning of the article what a cow feels like?

• the author loves cows

• to give facts about cows

• to show how the world felt to Helen

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