Authors Purpose and Perspective

When an author is making an idea greater, his/her purpose is to?

• intensify

• criticize

• compare

• contrast

The secondary purpose for fictional texts is often?

• to compare

• to describe

• to teach a moral lesson

• to inform the audience

Author's perspective if often evidenced in the ___________________.

• mood

• tone

• theme

• humor

When an author is trying to get people to come together by writing about common experiences, the secondary purpose is?

• inspire

• humor

• unify

• teach a moral lesson

If the author is trying to get the reader to do or think something bigger and better, his/her purpose is to?

• entertain

• humor

• tell a story

• inspire

The primary purpose for an informational text when the author is trying to get the audience to do or think something is to?

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

• criticize

When the author writes to show similarities between things or ideas, his/her purpose is to?

• compare

• persuade

• contrast

• describe

The primary purpose of an informational text when not trying to get the reader to do or think something is to?

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

• teach a moral lesson

When the author is trying to make the audience laugh, his/her secondary purpose is to?

• unify

• humor

• intensify

• teach a moral lesson

When an author breaks down an idea, his/her purpose is to?

• contrast

• intensify

• compare

• explain