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Author's Purpose - Easy as PIE

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three types of author's purpose for writing?

a)

Persuade, Inquire, Enjoy

b)

Predict, Inform, Establish

c)

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

d)

Problem, Igloo, Electrify

2.
Persuade means...
a)
Make people agree with you
b)
Make people angry
c)
Make people think the opposite thing
d)
Make people fall in love
3.
Inform means...
a)
Give informal speech
b)
Give information or teach something
c)
Take the form
d)
Give in a form
4.
Entertain means...
a)
To make people sleepy
b)
To make people leave
c)
To make people enjoy something
d)
To make people read
5.
If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...
a)
To Entertain 
b)
To Persuade 
c)
To Explain
d)
To Inform
6.
Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!
What is the authors purpose in this text? 
a)
To Persuade
b)
To Entertain
c)
To Inform 
d)
To Explain
7.
If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...
a)
To Entertain 
b)
To Persuade 
c)
To Explain
d)
To Inform
8.

What is the Author's Purpose for writing this book?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

9.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

10.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

11.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

12.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

13.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

14.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

15.

What is the Author's Purpose

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

16.
Newspaper articles are used for...  
a)
Persuading
b)
Entertaining
c)
Informing