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Author's Purpose

Authored by Margaret Anderson

English

3rd - 5th Grade

CCSS covered

Author's Purpose
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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.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

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.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

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.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

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.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

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.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

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.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

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