Author's Purpose Practice

What's the author's purpose for:

A speech in which a student promises a daily pizza rations if he is elected class president.

• To persuade by attempting to influence people with his speech

• To persuade by entertaining the thought of pizza

• To inform about pizza and his ideas in his speech

• To entertain the idea of him being class president

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

What's the author's purpose?

A picture book about a dog that gets lost on his family vacation and has to find his way home.

• To inform the reader about ways of ideas about lost dogs

• To persuade the reader how to find a lost dog with pictures

• To entertain the reader with different appeal of emotions about this story

• To entertain the reader about lost dogs

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

The author's purpose is??

A classified ad in which the seller lists a chair in good condition for ten dollars or best offer.

• To persuade the reader about different listings of chairs

• To persuade which shows the author trying to sell a chair

• To inform about a chair being sold

• To inform the reader about selling ads

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The author's purpose below...

A timeline showing important events from the American Civil War.

• To inform the reader about major events in history on the Civil War

• To inform the reader about history of war

• To persuade the reader on the importance of the American Civil War

• To entertain the reader of humorous events

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

The author's purpose below...

A handbook teaching people how to negotiate.

• To persuade the reader to buy the book

• To inform the reader by providing information on the negative effects of negotiation

• To persuade the reader that negotiating is a good thing

• To inform the reader by providing information on how to do something such as negotiate

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

The author's purpose:

A children’s book about a cherry pie and an apple pie that overcome their differences to become good friends

• To entertain the reader about cherry pie and apple differences

• To entertain the reader about good pie and their differences

• To entertain the reader on friendships using humor

• To inform the reader about friendship

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

The author's purpose is...

A radio commercial script calling Miss Directed’s new album, “The soundtrack of our lives.”

• To persuade the reader to buy or listen to the new album

• To persuade the reader to call the radio now

• To entertain the reader about Miss Directed's new album

• To entertain the reader about good music

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

Match the following:

• comic books

• Persuade

• driving directions

• Express Emotions

• opinion pieces

• Entertain

• memoirs

• Inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.6