Vocabulary Test 6 (Author's Purpose)

What is the 'Main idea/Central idea'?

• A small detail in a story

• The most important idea about the topic

• A character in a story

• The setting of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What are 'Supporting details'?

• The main idea of a paragraph

• Small parts of a whole; specific information about the main idea

• The title of a book

• The author's name.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.SL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.2B

What is 'Author’s Purpose'?

• The setting of a story

• The reason an author writes, such as to explain, entertain, inform, or persuade

• The main character

• The plot of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

What does 'Author’s Purpose to Persuade' mean?

• To inform the reader

• To make the reader believe a certain way

• To entertain the reader

• To summarize the story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

What is 'Author’s Purpose to Inform'?

• A story that gives information or news

• A story that entertains

• A story that persuades

• A story that explains.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

What is 'Author’s Purpose to Entertain'?

• A story that gives information

• A story that you might read for fun

• A story that persuades

• A story that explains.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.2

What does 'Author’s Purpose to Explain' involve?

• Giving directions how to do something or why something happened

• Telling a joke

• Writing a poem

• Describing a character.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

What is a 'Summary'?

• A detailed description

• A brief restatement of the main idea and important details

• A long narrative

• A poem

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

What does 'Paraphrase' mean?

• To copy text exactly

• To put something written or spoken into your own words

• To write a summary

• To create a poem.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is 'Making predictions'?

• Guessing what will happen next in the story

• Writing a summary

• Describing a character

• Explaining the setting