Author's Purpose Informational Text

What is the author's purpose for informational text?

• to explain

• to inform

• to teach

• all of the above

Several scientists from NASA, the national space agency, visited a local manufacturing plant yesterday to investigate the possibility of producing a new type of plastic originally developed for space travel. The new plastic is cheaper to produce and more durable than traditional plastics. Scientists expect it will be especially valuable in manufacturing automobiles.
The author most likely wrote the selection to -

• inform the reader about a new type of plastic.

• convince you to work for NASA. 

• Explain the steps in becoming an astronaut. 

• Entertain with a story about space. 

Caroline Bartlett Crane was born in 1858 in Hudson, Wisconsin. After working as a teacher, she became a journalist and an ordained minister. Crane was an activist who worked toward women’s voting rights in the United States. Her tireless efforts at improving sanitation in large cities—especially in the slums where the poorest residents lived—earned her the title “America’s Housekeeper.”

• Persuade

• Inform

• Explain

• Describe

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify

• Perform, Infer, Entertain

• Persuade, Inform, Educate

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

The author's purpose in informational texts is to

• Get Rich

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Gossip

• Inform

The Underground Railroad was a secret organization which helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters. 

What is the author's purpose?

• to Inform

• to Entertain

• to Persuade

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 

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

The author includes the details in paragraph 8 most likely to -

• persuade readers that horses are smarter than dogs

• inform readers on the studies they did to measure horse expression

• describe how horses recognize expressions

• provide evidence about horse expressions

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade you to buy tickets to a Texans game.

• Describe how to play football like JJ Watt.

• Inform you about JJ Watt's experience playing football.

• Suggest JJ Watt is the best offensive lineman ever.

textbooks, non-fiction books, expository essays, biographies, newspaper articles, and directions are examples of:

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain