Author’s Purpose Test Prep

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?
A poem about a garbage truck that uses a lot of onomatopoeia

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

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

A five-paragraph essay in which the author attempts to convince readers to recycle more and to be less wasteful

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

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

A bookmark with facts about garbage, such as the average weight of garbage created each year by each individual and the height and width of the largest pile of garbage 

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

If you read a passage about an author trying to get you to believe that markers work better than crayons, what would the author’s purpose be?

• inform
• describe
• persuade
• entertain 

If you read a passage that told each step to take when making a grilled cheese, what is the author’s purpose?

• explain
• entertain
• persuade
• inform

What is the author's purpose in a nonfiction book about monkeys?

• persuade
• inform
• entertain
• describe

What is the author's purpose for a fiction story about about a magical princess?

• entertain
• explain
• inform
• persuade

If your friend wrote a letter to the principal trying to convince her to let everyone chew gum in class, what is the author's purpose?

• inform
• explain
• persuade
• describe

The author instructs or tells how to do something 

• bias
• perspective
• explain
• persuade 

The author wants to give the reader something to enjoy reading 

• entertain
• describe
• bias
• explain