Author's Purpose Informational

The author's purpose is?

• the feeling associated with a word

• the reason the author wrote the text

• to make money off his/her writing

• the mood the author is in when he/she writes

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

If an author proposes an idea, his/her purpose is to?

• compare

• explain

• suggest

• intensify

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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

Instructions on how to make a compost pile

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The first American space station was launched in 1973. NASA scientists needed a way to give the astronauts who lived there for 171 days a way to detect smoke or fire before it was too late to stop. They invented a smoke detector for Skylab that ended up in about 90% of all private homes as well.

• Describe

• Entertain

• Explain

• Inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Hellen Keller was born in 1880 and died in 1968. Despite being deaf and blind, Keller was a political activist, a lecturer, an author, and a tireless advocate for those with disabilities.

• Entertain

• Explain

• Inform

• Describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

The author's purpose differs for _____________ and __________ texts.

• serious authors and funny authors

• poetry and free verse

• themes and central ideas

• informational and fictional

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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

• contrast

• intensify

• compare

• explain

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

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

• compare

• persuade

• contrast

• describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6