Identifying Author's Purpose

Read the description of each text and identify the MAIN purpose of the author. A recipe to make an award-winning spicy chicken salad.

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Read the description of each text and identify the MAIN purpose of the author. A note from your friend asking you to be his science partner.

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Read the description of each text and identify the MAIN purpose of the author. A map of the school showing all of the emergency exits.

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Read the description of each text and identify the MAIN purpose of the author. A poem about a chef who ruins every meal that he cooks.

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Read the description of each text and identify the MAIN purpose of the author. A speech arguing that the 8th grade class should read The Hunger Games.

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Read the description of each text and identify the MAIN purpose of the author. A care label on the back of a sweatshirt explaining how to wash it.

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Read the description of each text and identify the MAIN purpose of the author. A script for a TV show about a detective who can read the minds of farm animals.

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Read the description of each text and identify the MAIN purpose of the author. A sign carried by a protestor that reads, “More Libraries, Fewer Prisons!”

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Read the description of each text and identify the MAIN purpose of the author. The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

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Read the description of each text and identify the MAIN purpose of the author. A novel about a young girl who learns to demand respect from the world.

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