WorksheetsAuthor's Purpose and Genre
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What author's purpose is a list of the 25 richest athletes in the world?
a)
to persuade
b)
to inform
c)
to entertain
d)
to describe
2.
What author's purpose is an article arguing why Greyson Allen is the greatest basketball player ever?
a)
to persuade
b)
to inform
c)
to entertain
d)
to describe
3.
What author's purpose is an “X-men” comic book?
a)
to persuade
b)
to inform
c)
to entertain
d)
to describe
4.
What author's purpose is the story about a young girl with low self-esteem learning to love herself?
a)
to persuade
b)
to inform
c)
to entertain
d)
to describe
5.
What author's purpose is a website saying that a new shopping mall should not be built because it threatens an endangered bald eagle’s home? The website also lists other reasons why the mall should not be built.
a)
to persuade
b)
to inform
c)
to entertain
d)
to describe
6.
What author's purpose is a poem about bald eagles?
a)
to persuade
b)
to inform
c)
to entertain
d)
to describe
7.
What author's purpose is an essay describing a new restaurant which details how the menu items taste, smell, and look?
a)
to persuade
b)
to inform
c)
to entertain
d)
to describe
8.
What author's purpose of a sign saying, “Rest Stop Five Miles Ahead.”
a)
to persuade
b)
to inform
c)
to entertain
d)
to describe
9.
What author's purpose of this passage?
It was a glorious morning in Alabama. The sun was shining through the trees. Alan couldn't wait to find his fishing pole and call his friend Sam to go fishing. They had a great time on these early morning fishing trips. They took their dogs with them and the dogs would swim in the lake while they fished. It was so funny to watch those dogs paddle around the lake.
It was a glorious morning in Alabama. The sun was shining through the trees. Alan couldn't wait to find his fishing pole and call his friend Sam to go fishing. They had a great time on these early morning fishing trips. They took their dogs with them and the dogs would swim in the lake while they fished. It was so funny to watch those dogs paddle around the lake.
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
10.
What author's purpose of this passage?
The Slim-O-Matic will cause you to loose pounds and inches from your body in one month. This amazing machine helps you to exercise correctly and provides an easy video to show you the proper way to exercise. Send $75.99 and begin exercising today.
The Slim-O-Matic will cause you to loose pounds and inches from your body in one month. This amazing machine helps you to exercise correctly and provides an easy video to show you the proper way to exercise. Send $75.99 and begin exercising today.
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
11.
What author's purpose of this passage?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.
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
12.
What author's purpose of this passage?Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin to Charles and Caroline Ingalls. She met and married Almanzo James Wilder in 1885. She published many books based on her travels to the west. Her writing became the basis for the " Little House" series She died in 1957.
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
13.
What author's purpose of this passage?Katina and her brother, Jess were playing with the water hose outside one day. Jess was hiding from Katina so she wouldn't squirt him with the water. The back door opened and Katina pointed the water hose toward the door. It was Mom and she was dripping wet!
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
14.
What author's purpose of this passage?Abraham Lincoln's birthday is on Feb. 12th. He was a great President of the United States. He was our 16th President. He is remembered for freeing the slaves.
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
15.
What author's purpose of this passage?
Basketball is an amazing game. You constantly hear the ball dribbling, players shouting, and the crowd roaring when their team wins. Players love the "swish" of the orange, round ball as it glides smoothly through the net.
Basketball is an amazing game. You constantly hear the ball dribbling, players shouting, and the crowd roaring when their team wins. Players love the "swish" of the orange, round ball as it glides smoothly through the net.
a)
to inform
b)
to entertain
c)
to persuade
d)
to describe
16.
You are reading a story about 3 talking pigs...Fiction or Non-Fiction?
a)
fiction
b)
nonfiction
17.
You are reading about the life of Peyton Manning...Fiction or Non-Fiction?
a)
fiction
b)
nonfiction
18.
You are reading about George Washington's life, but you know some characters and places are made up...Fiction or Non-Fiction
a)
fiction
b)
nonfiction
19.
A book about a boy (made up) who raises 2 hunting dogs would be considered
a)
biography
b)
autobiography
c)
historical fiction
d)
realistic fiction
20.
A book about the Titanic sinking that only includes facts would be considered
a)
informational text
b)
realistic fiction
c)
historical fiction
d)
biography
21.
A book about the Titanic sinking with made up characters would be considered...
a)
realistic fiction
b)
historical fiction
c)
informational text
d)
autobiography
22.
A book with wizards and magic would be considered...
a)
realistic fiction
b)
autobiography
c)
fantasy
d)
historical fiction
23.
A book about a robot that takes over the world in the year 3000 would be considered...
a)
fantasy
b)
realistic fiction
c)
biography
d)
science fiction
24.
What is the genre of the passage below?An apple a day,
Keeps the doctor away,
Is what my dad would always say.
Be kind to others,
Sisters and brothers,
Is what we hear from our mothers.
Life is a peach,
When you go to the beach,
Is what my teacher will teach.
Keeps the doctor away,
Is what my dad would always say.
Be kind to others,
Sisters and brothers,
Is what we hear from our mothers.
Life is a peach,
When you go to the beach,
Is what my teacher will teach.
a)
fable
b)
legend
c)
poetry
d)
folktale
25.
What is the genre of the passage below?One day, fox invited his friend stork over for dinner. He decided that he would trick her. He prepared soup in a small, shallow bowl so that he could lap the soup with his tongue. Her long skinny beak however could not get the soup out of the bowl to eat. Stork went home sad and hungry.
Stork decided she would trick fox. She invited fox over for a scrumptious dinner. She prepared soup in tall narrow jars just right for a stork's beak, but not for a fox's tongue. Fox returned home hungry that night. He knew he couldn't be mad at stork since he had done the same to her.
Stork decided she would trick fox. She invited fox over for a scrumptious dinner. She prepared soup in tall narrow jars just right for a stork's beak, but not for a fox's tongue. Fox returned home hungry that night. He knew he couldn't be mad at stork since he had done the same to her.
a)
legend
b)
nonfiction
c)
fable
d)
realistic fiction
26.
What is the genre of the passage below?Most cats weigh about six to eighteen pounds. A newborn kitten can weigh about three to four ounces. A kitten's eyes will begin to open after a week or so after birth. Kittens need to stay with their mother until they are at least eight to twelve weeks old. At the age of six months, kittens are ready and able to hunt and take care of themselves.
a)
nonfiction (informational)
b)
fantasy fiction
c)
nonfiction (biographical)
d)
realistic fiction
27.
What is the genre of the passage below?Watching television is one of America's favorite past times. Millions of people watch television each day.
Philo Farnsworth was born in 1906 in Utah. He was raised on a farm and had many hard chores. At the age of just 14, he thought up a world-changing idea that soon led to the creation of a working model of a television. His drawing of an "image dissector" that his high school teacher kept, proves that he was the true inventor of the electronic television of today.
Philo Farnsworth was born in 1906 in Utah. He was raised on a farm and had many hard chores. At the age of just 14, he thought up a world-changing idea that soon led to the creation of a working model of a television. His drawing of an "image dissector" that his high school teacher kept, proves that he was the true inventor of the electronic television of today.
a)
nonfiction (informational)
b)
realistic fiction
c)
nonfiction (biographical)
d)
fantasy fiction
28.
This genre has characters, settings, and events that could happen in real life.
a)
fantasy
b)
tall tale
c)
fiction
d)
realistic fiction
29.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Realistic Fiction?
a)
events that could happen in real life
b)
flying dragons
c)
believable characters
d)
realistic setting
30.
What is the genre of the passage below?
When all the clues were examined, it was obvious that the mayor had a motive and did not have an alibi.
When all the clues were examined, it was obvious that the mayor had a motive and did not have an alibi.
a)
nonfiction
b)
mystery
c)
fairy tale
d)
historical fiction
31.
What is the genre of the passage below?As Miranda delivered fresh bandages to the make-shift hospital following the Battle of Gettysburg, she know that another Union attack would deplete the Confederate Army's medical supplies.
a)
science fiction
b)
fable
c)
historical fiction
d)
realistic fiction
32.
What is the genre of the passage below?Try as he could, the bird could not teach the mouse to fly. After several failed attempts, the bruised mouse exclaimed "I guess if I could fly, I would never have met my best friend, Mole."
a)
fable
b)
non-fiction
c)
fairytale
d)
science fiction
33.
What type of story is about a real person?
a)
fiction
b)
fable
c)
biography
d)
realistic fiction
34.
This type of story teaches a moral lesson. Usually, but not all of the time, it has talking animals
a)
biography
b)
realistic fiction
c)
informational
d)
fable
35.
These stories were once passed down orally.
*Usually will say “retold by” or “adapted by”
*Usually will say “retold by” or “adapted by”
a)
fiction
b)
non-fiction
c)
folklore
d)
drama
36.
These fiction novels have aliens, advanced technology, or is set in the future.
a)
historical fiction
b)
realistic fiction
c)
science fiction
d)
fantasy
37.
This subgenre of fiction has monsters, magic, or super powers.
a)
historical ficiton
b)
science fiction
c)
realistic fiction
d)
fantasy
38.
What genre is a made up story set around a real event or person from history?
a)
realistic fiction
b)
science fiction
c)
historical fiction
d)
fantasy
39.
This is a subgenre of nonfiction where one’s life story written by oneself.
a)
informative
b)
persuasive
c)
biography
d)
autobiography
40.
Stage directions and character's lines are part of what genre?
a)
poetry
b)
drama
c)
fairy tale
d)
myth
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