WorksheetsAuthor's Purpose & Text Structure
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 15mins
What text feature is described below?
Did you know that not all deserts are hot? Both hot and cold deserts are very dry, but unlike hot deserts, cold deserts have long winters when the temperatures can reach below freezing. Cold deserts also get a great deal of snow, which is certainly not true for hot deserts.
description
compare and contrast
problem and solution
sequence/chronological
In a text with a sequence text structure, the author
describes a topic and its characteristics
tells about events in the order they happened
explains how things are similar and different
describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it
Choose the author's main purpose(s) in the passage below.
Many people believe that the world's largest desert is the Sahara. However, the world's larges desert is actually Antarctica.
to persuade
to entertain
to persuade, inform and entertain
to inform
Piping plovers are losing their habitats. This is because humans are taking many of the beaches where they live to construct building. Humans have also changed the level of water in the piping plovers' homes. Sometimes, there is too much water or too little water. As a result of the loss of their habitats, piping plovers have become an endangered species.
In the passage above, the underlined sentence provides
a cause that led to piping plovers losing their habitats.
an effect of humans changing the level of water in piping plovers' homes.
a cause that led to there being too many piping plovers.
an effect of piping plovers leaving their homes.
The author's main purpose is not to entertain in which of the following?
a story
a comic book
a cookbook
a movie
Choose the author's main purpose(s) in the passage below.
"Run to your nearest store and buy the Lazy Crazy Scooter today! Give your tired feet a rest as you zip through the city in style on this motorized scooter. It's the best, craziest scooter around!"
to persuade
to inform
to entertain
to persuade, inform and entertain
Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
The Greenland shark can grow to be around 16 feet long. It's an apex predator, an animal that is at the top of the food chain. No other creatures prey on apex predators. The Greenland shark can live to be about 400 years old, making it the longest-living vertebrate animal.
sequence
compare and contrast
description
cause and effect
Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
A current is a steady flow of water in the ocean. In the Pacific Ocean, garbage from the shore and ships gets trapped by ocean currents. The currents move the trash into a large area in the middle of the ocean. This has created a swirling mass of plastics and seawater called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
cause and effect
compare and contrast
problem and solution
description
Identify the main text structure used in the passage below.
Many students in the US say that they have been bullied at school. Natalie Hampton is a high school student who was bullied a lot in middle school. She often had n o one to sit with at lunch. So she created a phone app called 'Sit With Us." This app lets students sign up and post when there are free seats at their lunch tables. These students have promised to be kind to those who come sit with them. Hampton hopes her app will help students find people to sit with without fear of being bullied.
description
problem and solution
compare and contrast
sequence
What do the letters in PIE stand for?
persuade, investigate, examine
program, interpret, entertain
persuade, inform, entertain
prepare, inform, experiment
