Author's Purpose, -er, and -est

What is the author's purpose?
A map of the school showing all of the emergency exits.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

What is the author's purpose?
A speech arguing that the 8th grade class should read The Hunger Games.

• Persuade
• Entertain
• Inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

What is the author's purpose?
A note from your friend asking you to be his science partner.

• Entertain
• Inform
• Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you
• Make people angry
• Make people think the opposite thing
• Make people fall in love

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.4

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information or teach something
• Take the form
• Give in a form

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.4

Entertain means...

• To make people sleepy
• To make people leave
• To make people enjoy something
• To make people read

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CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.RI.2.4

The elephant is ________________ than the mouse.

• big

• bigger

• biggest

• bigged

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.2.4A

The winner has the __________________ bike of all.

• fastest

• fasting

• faster

• fasted

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.2.4A

She made the ________________ valentine of all.

• cuter

• cutest

• cutely

• cutes

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.2.4A

The cookies are ________________ than the cake.

• sweets

• sweeting

• sweeter

• sweetest

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.2.4A