Learning Author's Purpose Through Text Structure

The reason why the author wrote the text

• cause and effect

• main idea

• problem or conflict

• author's purpose

a text written to convince the reader to do or buy something

• informs

• persuades

• explains

• teaches

a text written to give the reader facts and information about a topic

• illustrates

• entertains

• retells

• informs

How the author organizes the information in the text

• summary

• text structure

• main idea

• text features

The author’s purpose for including paragraph 5 in the article most likely is to —

• A

• B

• C

• D

The ​ (a)   includes the introduction to "​ (b)   " the reader and ​ (c)   them reading. He also states his ​ (d)   in the ​ (e)   .

• author

• hook

• keep

• topic

• introduction

A story written to bring the reader enjoyment

• entertains

• describes

• compares

• persuades

The author uses adjectives or gives a lot of detail about a person, place, situation, or topic

• asks

• lists

• describes

• tells

In a text with a cause and effect text structure, the author

• tells about events in the order they happened.

• explains something that happened and the reasons why.

• describes a topic and its characteristics.

• describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it.

When an author's purpose is to inform, the text will include mostly ___________.

• opinions

• funny or imaginary details

• characters and a setting

• facts