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Author’s purpose

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A recipe explaining how to make chicken salad sandwiches is meant to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
2.
What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
3.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He was born on February 12, 1908 in Kentucky.  One of his famous speeches was the Gettysburg Address.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
4.
What is the author's purpose?
A care label on the back of a sweatshirt explaining how it should be washed.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
5.
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)
Inform
b)
Persuade
c)
Entertain
6.

Why do Author’s write

a)

Persuade

b)

To look good

c)

Because writing is cool

d)

To persuade, inform, entertain, and explain

7.
Which example could be used to Inform?
a)
Folktale
b)
News Article
c)
Cookbook
d)
TV Commercial
8.
A National Geographic article about the eating and breeding habits of the endangered bald eagle.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
9.

If someone wrote a book and it had facts and information about the state of New Jersey, what would be the author’s purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

10.

What is the authors purpose of an article arguing why Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever.

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

11.

What is the author’s purpose of an “X-men” comic book.

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.

If you read about...how fun it is to create origami paper designs.

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

If you read about...tornadoes and hurricanes and the how they develop.

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

If you read about...how important it is to the environment to recycle plastic bottles.

a)
b)
c)
d)
17.

If you read about...the monuments and museums at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

If you read about...why one candidate running for Nebraska governor is better than all the rest of the candidates.

a)
b)
c)
d)