Author's Purpose and Perspective

Author's Purpose and Perspective

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Author's Purpose and Perspective

Author's Purpose and Perspective

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.8.6, RL.7.4, RI. 9-10.8

+15

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the author's purpose?

Infrorm

Persuade

Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How the author feels about something...

Perspective

Tone

Class

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Usually how many purposes does a text have?

1

2

3

4

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The author writes to evoke an emotion out of the readers

Persuade

Inform

Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

An author's purpose is...

the reason an author writes

the way the author sees and interprets the world

author's sense of humor

author's way of life. 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How can readers determine the author's perspective?

Look at the LANGUAGE the author uses. Is there any extreme language or are there extreme thoughts?

Look for bias: Does the author take a side?

Use process of elimination

Look at the author’s purpose. WHY did the author write the text?

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the Author's Perspective?

Why an author writes - their reason for writing.

The way an author looks at a topic or idea..

Who an author is writing to - the specific group they target.

How an author communicates - the tricks and methods they use.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

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