(2) Pre-assessment Understanding Author's Purpose and Message

What is the primary purpose of an author when writing a persuasive essay?

• To entertain the reader

• To inform the reader

• To convince the reader

• To describe a scene

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TX.110.36.C.8A

Identify the audience for a technical manual on software installation.

• General public

• Software developers

• Children

• Historians

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TX.110.36.C.8A

Which of the following is a simple procedure to determine the author's message in a text?

• Summarize the text

• Identify the main idea

• Count the number of paragraphs

• List all the characters

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Analyze the author's purpose in a text that uses statistical data to highlight environmental issues.

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To narrate

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Which of the following best describes the author's message in a text advocating for renewable energy?

• Renewable energy is costly

• Renewable energy is unnecessary

• Renewable energy is beneficial

• Renewable energy is outdated

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TX.110.36.C.8A

What is the author's purpose in a text that provides step-by-step instructions for baking a cake?

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To describe

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Evaluate the author's purpose in a speech that encourages students to volunteer in their community.

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To describe

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Which of the following is a skill needed to analyze the author's message in a poem?

• Identifying rhyme scheme

• Counting syllables

• Understanding metaphor

• Listing alliteration

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What is the author's purpose in a text that describes the beauty of a sunset?

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To describe

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TX.110.36.C.8A

Determine the author's intended audience for a children's book about dinosaurs.

• Adults

• Teenagers

• Children

• Scientists

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TX.110.36.C.8A