Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose

5th Grade

17 Qs

quiz-placeholder

Similar activities

What's that?

What's that?

5th Grade

15 Qs

VERBS

VERBS

5th Grade

12 Qs

Grade 5 Correct the Sentence

Grade 5 Correct the Sentence

5th Grade

15 Qs

What time is it?

What time is it?

5th Grade

13 Qs

preposition

preposition

5th Grade

20 Qs

Unit 4 - Life Out There

Unit 4 - Life Out There

5th Grade

15 Qs

Grammar 1

Grammar 1

4th - 6th Grade

20 Qs

Final test, Unit 3, Sixth E.S.

Final test, Unit 3, Sixth E.S.

5th - 7th Grade

15 Qs

Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th Grade

Easy

Created by

Tori Ehlert

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

AI

Enhance your content in a minute

Add similar questions
Adjust reading levels
Convert to real-world scenario
Translate activity
More...

17 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."

Persuade
Inform
Entertain

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."

Persuade
Inform
Entertain

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the authors purpose?
"She threw the paper airplane. It looped through the trees, under the dogs belly, up into the sky and landed in the hot air balloon."

Persuade
Inform
Entertain

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

When an author writes to persuade , it means the author is:

trying to give you information to teach you the facts.

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

trying to get you to do or try something.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

When an author writes to entertain, they:

try to capture your attention with something funny or emotional

try to get you to do or try something

teach you facts about something

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

HAMSTERS FOR SALE: Braxton Pet Store, Northwood Mall:  We have a large selection of hamsters for sale this week.  They are fantastic pets and you will enjoy having one!  They are only $17.99 this week.  Come and buy yours today before they're all gone!

What is the author's purpose of this writing?

Persuade

Inform

Entertain

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?