Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose

3rd Grade

10 Qs

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Author's Purpose

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Assessment

Quiz

English

3rd Grade

Easy

CCSS
RI.2.6, RI.2.4, RI.4.5

+17

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

Used 1+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Inform means...
Give informal speech
Give information
Take the form
Give in a form

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Read the passage below and answer the question.


Marsupials are a type of mammal. 4 Female marsupials have a pocket that they use for carrying and protecting their babies. Most marsupials, such as kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, and koalas live in Australia. The only marsupial native to North America is the opossum.


What was the author's purpose in writing the passage?

To entertain the reader

To inform the reader

To humor the reader

To provide description for the reader.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What was the author's purpose in writing this?

To entertain

To inform

To describe

To explain

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

1 min • 1 pt

Read the passage below and answer the question.


In Tarpon Springs, Florida there are people who work underwater. These people are called sponge divers. The kind of treasure they look for is called sponges. Sponge diving is not an easy job. The diver has to breathe under the water, and be careful of extreme water pressure.


The author most likely wrote this passage to...

Inform the reader

Entertain the reader

Provide a description for the reader

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

1 min • 1 pt

Frogs are amphibians. They can live on either land or in water. A frog can lay thousands of egg called frog spawn.


The author's purpose in writing this passage is to...

Inform the reader about frogs.

To persuade the reader to buy frogs.

To describe how to buy frogs.

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

5 mins • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of the following best describes the purpose of this passage?

To persuade

To criticize

To describe

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

To describe means a

specific topic, person, idea, or thing is being described

the author is persuading the reader to believe them

information is given

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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