Author's Purpose

Quiz

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English

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3rd - 5th Grade

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Hard

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CCSS

RL.3.6, RI.3.5, RL.4.6

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Standards-aligned

Margaret Anderson

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18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What is author's purpose?

How an author writes a story

What an author writes about

Why an author writes something

It doesn't really matter as long as he writes

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

Persuade, Inform, Electrify

Perform, Infer, Entertain

Persuade, Inform, Educate

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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

15 mins • 1 pt

Persuade means...

Make people agree with you

Make people angry

Make people think the opposite thing

Make people fall in love

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Inform means...

Give informal speech

Give information or teach something

Take the form

Give in a form

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!
What is the authors purpose in this text?

To Persuade

To Entertain

To Inform

To Explain

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Commercials are used for...

Persuading

Entertaining

Informing

Explaining

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...

To Entertain

To Persuade

To Explain

To Inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

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