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Author's Purpose and Message

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is author's purpose?

a)

The reason why the author likes the text he wrote.

b)

The reason why the author wrote the text.

c)

The reason why the author became a writer.

2.

What is the word we use to remember the author's purposes?

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3.

What does the P in PIE'ED stand for?

a)

Point

b)

Purpose

c)

Persuade

4.

What does persuade mean?

a)

Gives us information.

b)

Gives us directions.

c)

Gives us an opinion to try to convince us.

5.

What does the author provide when his purpose for the text is to inform?

a)

Opinions.

b)

Instructions.

c)

Facts.

d)

Description.

6.

What is the author's purpose for this text?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

d)

Explain

7.

What is the author's purpose of this text?

a)

entertain

b)

persuade

c)

describe

d)

explain

8.

What is the authors purpose of this text?

a)

entertain

b)

explain

c)

inform

d)

describe

9.

What is the author's purpose for this text?

a)

entertain

b)

persuade

c)

inform

d)

explain

10.

What is the author's purpose for this text?

a)

persuade

b)

inform

c)

entertain

d)

explain

11.

What is the author's purpose for this text?

a)

persuade

b)

inform

c)

entertain

d)

explain

12.

What is the author's purpose for this text?

a)

persuade

b)

inform

c)

entertain

d)

explain

13.

What is the author's purpose for this text?

a)

Persuade

b)

inform

c)

entertain

d)

explain

14.

When an author's purpose is to explain, he...

a)

Gives us an opinion

b)

Gives us facts

c)

Gives us instructions or steps

d)

Gives us a description