WorksheetsHaving P.I.E. with the Author
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the author's purpose?
A recipe to make an award-winning spicy chicken salad.
A recipe to make an award-winning spicy chicken salad.
a)
Entertain
b)
Inform
c)
Persuade
2.
What is the author's purpose?
A note from your friend asking you to be his science partner.
A note from your friend asking you to be his science partner.
a)
Entertain
b)
Inform
c)
Persuade
3.
What is the author's purpose?
A map of the school showing all of the emergency exits.
A map of the school showing all of the emergency exits.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
4.
What is the author's purpose?
A poem about a chef who ruins every meal that he cooks.
A poem about a chef who ruins every meal that he cooks.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
5.
What is the author's purpose?
A speech arguing that the 8th grade class should read The Hunger Games.
A speech arguing that the 8th grade class should read The Hunger Games.
a)
Persuade
b)
Entertain
c)
Inform
6.
What is the author's purpose?
A care label on the back of a sweatshirt explaining how it should be washed.
A care label on the back of a sweatshirt explaining how it should be washed.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
7.
What is the author's purpose?
A script for a TV show about a detective who can read the minds of farm animals
A script for a TV show about a detective who can read the minds of farm animals
a)
Inform
b)
Entertain
c)
Persuade
8.
What is the author's purpose?
A sign carried by a protestor that reads, "More Libraries, Fewer Prisons!"
A sign carried by a protestor that reads, "More Libraries, Fewer Prisons!"
a)
Entertain
b)
Inform
c)
Persuade
9.
What is the author's purpose?
The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare
a)
Inform
b)
Persuade
c)
Entertain
10.
What is the author's purpose?
A novel about a young girl who demands respect from the world
A novel about a young girl who demands respect from the world
a)
Entertain
b)
Inform
c)
Persuade
11.
What is the author's purpose?
The instruction booklet to a video game called Vehicle Grand Larceny
The instruction booklet to a video game called Vehicle Grand Larceny
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
12.
What is the author's purpose?
A teen's letter to the mayor requesting a skate park to help keep kids out of trouble
A teen's letter to the mayor requesting a skate park to help keep kids out of trouble
a)
Inform
b)
Entertain
c)
Persuade
13.
What is the author's purpose?
The lyrics to the song "Build a Tent on My Heart" by The Mountain Boys
The lyrics to the song "Build a Tent on My Heart" by The Mountain Boys
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
14.
What is the author's purpose?
A sticker on a frozen pizza with directions explaining how to cook the pizza and offering nutritional information
A sticker on a frozen pizza with directions explaining how to cook the pizza and offering nutritional information
a)
Inform
b)
Persuade
c)
Entertain
15.
What is the author's purpose?
A card from a classmate asking you to go to the dance because you will have fun together
A card from a classmate asking you to go to the dance because you will have fun together
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
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