Author's Purpose

Quiz
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English
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1st - 3rd Grade
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Hard
+9
Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Persuade means...
Make people agree with you
Make people angry
Make people fall in love
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.1.8
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.2.8
CCSS.RI.3.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Inform means...
Give informal speech
Give information or teach something
Give in a form
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.3.5
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Entertain means...
To make people leave
To make people enjoy something
To make people read
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...
To Entertain
To Persuade
To Inform
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Recipes and instruction booklets are written to...
Persuade
Entertain
Inform
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Eat at the Taco House today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!
What is the authors purpose in this text?
To Persuade
To Entertain
To Inform
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the Author's Purpose?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.6
CCSS.RI.3.6
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.4.6
CCSS.RL.5.6
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