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Understanding Author's Purpose

Total questions: 92

Worksheet time: 2hrs 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a)

influence the reader to buy a dog

b)

demonstrate that dogs are mans best friends

c)

show that dogs like to play with toys

2.

a)

inform the reader how bubblegum in made

b)

persuade the reader to chew bubblegum

c)

tell the reader a story about bubblegum

3.

a)

explain how basketball is played

b)

list the players on a basketball team

c)

illustrate how to make a basket

4.

a)

help the reader get to the schools in town

b)

provide information of the number of schools in town

c)

describe how the schools in town look

5.

a)

influence the reader to go to the amusement park

b)

share the experience of going to the amusement park

c)

explain how high the roller coasters at the amusement park are

6.

a)

tell a student to read more books

b)

inform the reader of the number of books at the library

c)

encourage the reader to like reading

7.

a)

provide information about seeds

b)

illustrate the different parts of a plant

c)

compare the different parts of a plant

8.
a)

show how roses grow

b)

share how roses bloom in the spring

c)

persuade the reader to love roses

9.

a)

list all the animals at the zoo

b)

tell about a visit to the zoo

c)

explain why animals are at the zoo

10.

a)

inform the reader where crayfish can be found

b)

tell the reader how to find crayfish

c)

help the reader identify a species of crayfish

11.
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
12.
Inform means...
a)
Give informal speech
b)
Give information or teach something
c)
Take the form
d)
Give in a form
13.
Entertain means...
a)
To make people sleepy
b)
To make people leave
c)
To make people enjoy something
d)
To make people read
14.
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
15.
Newspaper articles are used for...  
a)
Persuading
b)
Entertaining
c)
Informing
16.
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
17.
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
18.

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

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

19.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

20.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

21.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

22.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

23.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

24.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

25.

What is the Author's Purpose

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

26.

What is the Author's Purpose for Narrative Writing?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

27.

What is the Author's Purpose for Opinion Writing?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

28.

What is the Author's Purpose for Informative Writing?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

29.

What is the Author's Purpose for creating a billboard showing a juicy cheeseburger that says, "Come enjoy the world's best cheeseburger."

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

30.

What is the Author's Purpose for writing a play like the Nutcracker?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

31.

What is the Author's Purpose a newspaper advertisement?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

32.

What is the Author's Purpose for: "I think that the most useful natural resource is water."

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

33.

What is the Author's Purpose for: "Fruits have seeds. Strawberries, tomatoes, and apples are all examples of fruits."

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

34.

What is the Author's Purpose for: "There was once a wizard who needed to go to wizard school to learn magic. On his first day of school, everything went wrong. First, he was late to class. Then, he accidently cast the wrong spell and turned his teacher into a frog."

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

35.

What is the Author's Purpose for: "It is so important that we all conserve our natural resources. If we do not start conserving them, we will be left with nothing! You really need to start using less water, turning off lights when you are not using them, and stop wasting food!"

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

36.
A list of the 25 richest athletes in the world.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
37.
An “X-men” comic book.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
38.
A National Geographic article about the eating and breeding habits of the endangered bald eagle.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
39.
the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing
a)
Entertain
b)
Inform
c)
Persuade
40.
advertisements, persuasive letters, opinions, campaign speeches are all examples of: 
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
41.
In an advertisement, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
42.
In a non-fiction book, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
43.
In a newspaper articles, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
44.
In directions, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
45.
A child’s letter to Santa asking for a bicycle because the child has been good all year is meant to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
46.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

47.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

48.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

49.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

50.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

51.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

52.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

53.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

54.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

55.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

56.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

57.

What is the author's purpose for writing this book?

a)

persuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

58.

I went to the zoo with my family. We saw different types of animals. My favorite animals to see were the lions. What is the author’s purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Entertain

c)

Inform

59.

Your favorite flower should be a rose. Roses are very pretty and come in different colors. Everyone should love roses. What is the author’s purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Entertain

c)

Inform

60.

A tulip is a type of flower. Tulips come in many different colors like red, yellow, purple, white, and pink. Tulips are not grown from seeds but from bulbs buried under soil. What is the author’s purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Entertain

c)

Inform

61.

You should eat ice cream because it is so good. You can choose from many flavors. You can eat it in a bowl or in a delicious cone. What is the author’s purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Entertain

c)

Inform

62.

What is the authors purpose?

a)

To persuade

b)

To entertain

c)

To inform

63.

What is the author's purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."

a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
64.

What is the Author's Purpose?

a)

Persuade

b)

Inform

c)

Entertain

65.
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
66.
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
67.
Inform means...
a)
Give informal speech
b)
Give information or teach something
c)
Take the form
d)
Give in a form
68.
A list of the 25 richest athletes in the world.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
69.
An “X-men” comic book.
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
70.
the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing
a)
Entertain
b)
Inform
c)
Persuade
71.
the author wants to give you information
a)
Entertain
b)
Persuade
c)
Inform
72.
the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something 
a)
persuade
b)
inform
c)
entertain
73.
fictions stories, poems, songs, plays, jokes, and narratives are examples of:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
74.
In an advertisement, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
75.
In an advertisement, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
76.
In a textbook, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
77.
In directions, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
78.
In a non-fiction book, the author's purpose is to:
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
79.
A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes lasagna 
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
80.
What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career. 
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
81.
The boys were happy when they woke up to find that it was windy outside. It would be a perfect day to fly a kite. They grabbed their kites and went to the park. They spent the whole day there having kite contests and races. The best part was that no one broke or lost his kite. 
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
82.
Do you want to be an artist? Just enroll in "The Awesome Artists" program. Don't let this opportunity or your talent slip away. We guarantee you will be painting like the masters in two weeks for a low cost of $59.95. 
a)
Persuade
b)
Inform
c)
Entertain
83.

What is the author's purpose:


Meagan and Catherine were twin sisters who always got into trouble at school. One day Meagan and Catherine put salt in their teacher's coffee when the teacher wasn't looking. They were always playing pranks on their teacher.

a)

To entertain the reader with a story about two sisters who prank their teacher.

b)

To entertain the reader with a story about drinking coffee with salt in it.

c)

To persuade the reader to put salt in their teacher's coffee.

d)

To inform the reader about what it tastes like to put salt in coffee.

84.

What is the author's purpose:


The cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal. A cheetah can go from 0 to 60 miles an hour in only three seconds. These big cats are quite alert at high speed and can make quick and sudden turns when they see their prey.

a)

To entertain the reader with a story about a cheetah.

b)

To persuade the reader that the cheetah is the fastest animal.

c)

To inform the reader about a cheetah's ability to run fast.

d)

To entertain the reader with a story about a cheetah catching its prey.

85.

What's the author's purpose:


Dear Miss Sloan,


I am writing this letter to give you reasons for why we should get a longer recess. I think that we need more time to play to get out our energy. We also need more time in the sunlight to get Vitamin D. If we had longer recesses, we would be able to spend more time talking with our friends and wouldn't talk during your lessons.

a)

To entertain the reader with a story about recess.

b)

To inform the reader about why recess is important.

c)

To persuade the reader to give students a longer recess.

d)

To persuade the reader to make sure they exercise enough.

86.

What's the author's purpose:


Seath and Luke took their allowance to the store to buy some candy. They were filling up their candy bag when all of a sudden the bag ripped and candy went everywhere. Seath and Luke tried to run away from the mess when Luke slipped on a gum ball. The store's manager asked Seath and Luke to clean up the mess and then he gave them each a bag of candy for free.

a)

To persuade the reader to buy candy.

b)

To inform the reader about the types of candy you can buy at the store.

c)

To entertain the reader with a story about two boys trying to buy candy.

d)

To entertain the reader with a story about two boys getting into trouble at the store.

87.

What's the author's purpose:


The pyramids were built as burial places for the Pharaohs. The Egyptians believed that the Pharaoh needed certain things to succeed in the afterlife. Deep inside the pyramid the Pharaoh would be buried with all sorts of items and treasure that he may need to survive in the afterlife.

a)

To persuade the reader into taking a trip to Egypt.

b)

To entertain the reader with a story about a Pharaoh.

c)

To inform the reader about what pyramids look like

d)

To inform the reader about why Egyptians built pyramids.

88.

What is the author's purpose:


There are a lot of reasons why you should get a cat for a pet instead of a dog. The first reason is that a cat is able to take care of itself. The second reason is that cats do not need to be walked every day. A third reason is that cats do not bark when the mailman delivers your mail.

a)

To inform the reader about why cats are better than dogs.

b)

To persuade the reader why they should think cats are better than dogs.

c)

To inform the reader about how cats take care of themselves.

d)

To persuade the reader to into buying an animal.

89.

What is the author's purpose:


Once upon a time, there was a sad dragon. People were afraid of him because he breathed fire. So, one day, he bought a bid bag of marshmallows, got some sticks, and put up a sign: "Free Marshmallow Roast." No one was afraid if him anymore.

a)

To persuade the reader to eat roasted marshmallows.

b)

To inform the reader about how you should make roasted marshmallows.

c)

To entertain the reader with a story about a dragon who makes roasted marshmallows.

d)

To entertain the reader with a story about a scary dragon.

90.

What is the author's purpose:


Chipmunks are better than squirrels. They are smaller and can run faster. They are cuter, with their black stripes and little tails. They are friendly, and they make cute noises. Chipmunks are my favorite animals, and they should be your favorite, too!

a)

To persuade the reader into liking chipmunks more than squirrels.

b)

To inform the reader about the differences between chipmunks and squirrels.

c)

To entertain the reader with a story about chipmunks and squirrels.

d)

To persuade the reader into thinking that squirrels are better than chipmunks.

91.

What is the author's purpose:


Welcome to National Park

Watch for signs along the trail. They will tell you about the trees, plants, and animals that live here. The trail is six miles long and takes the average person two hours to hike. There are two rest stops along the way.

a)

To persuade the reader into taking a hike.

b)

To inform the reader about a trail at a National Park.

c)

To entertain the reader with a story about a visit to a National Park.

d)

To inform the reader about the dangers on a trail at a National Park.

92.

What is the author's purpose:


Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985, in a small island off the western coast of the Portugal. He is the youngest of four children. He was named after Ronald Reagan, one of his father's favorite actors.

a)

To inform the reader about how Cristiano Ronaldo became a soccer player.

b)

To inform the reader about Cristiano Ronaldo.

c)

To persuade the reader to watch Cristiano Ronaldo on tv.

d)

To entertain the reader with a story about a famous soccer player.

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