STAAR Informational Text Author's Purpose

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?
A poem about a garbage truck that uses a lot of onomatopoeia

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• to persuade
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What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A five-paragraph essay in which the author attempts to convince readers to recycle more and to be less wasteful

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• to entertain
• to persuade
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What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A short story about a boy who never cleans his room and the horrible mess that accumulates

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• to entertain
• to persuade
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What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

Instructions on how to make a compost pile

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• to entertain
• to persuade
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What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A bookmark with facts about garbage, such as the average weight of garbage created each year by each individual and the height and width of the largest pile of garbage 

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• to entertain
• to persuade
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What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

The story of a garbage truck who has a hard time making friends

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• to entertain
• to persuade
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An article in a magazine comparing and contrasting waste management in New York City and Mexico City

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• to persuade
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A billboard asking voters to appoint Joe Santiago as Sanitation Commissioner 

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• to persuade
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The script for a television commercial to be read by Miley Cyrus telling viewers to make environmentally friendly decisions because future generations depend on it

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• to entertain
• to persuade
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What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A sticker on the trash compactor that shows how to operate it

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• to persuade
• to describe