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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of Author's Purpose?
Why the author wrote the text
Descriptive details about a person, place, or thing.
Figuring out something that is not directly stated in a reading passage
- 2. Multiple Choice
What are the three purposes an author can have?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Personal, Interview, Entertain
Persuade, Irony, Entertain
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the author's purpose for a book series like Harry Potter?
Inform the reader about magic
Persuade the reader to become a wizard
Entertain the reader with a story about a boy wizard
- 4. Multiple Choice
I received a brochure from Disney World.
What would be the author's purpose of the brochure?
Entertain with pictures of Mickey Mouse
Inform me about the history
Persuade me to take a trip there
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the author's purpose of the Jack Prelutsky Poem "The New Kid on the Block" ?
Entertain the reader with a funny poem
Persuade the reader to write poetry
Inform the reader about poetry
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the author's purpose of a website devoted to the conservation of wildlife and reasons people SHOULD help wildlife?
Entertain the reader with cute polar bear pics
Inform readers of the habitat of polar bears
Persuade readers to help wildlife in danger
- 7. Multiple Choice
A commercial ad in a magazine purpose is to ?
Persuade you to buy and drink more Dr. Pepper
Inform you of all the ways Dr. Pepper is bad for you.
Entertain you with a catch phrase.
- 8. Multiple Choice
The author's purpose of a magazine article about JJ Watt is most likely?
Entertain the reader with a funny interview
Inform the reader about JJ Watt's professional career
Persuade you to watch the Texans
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the author's purpose for a biography ?
Persuade the reader to that they are the best person
Inform the reader about an important person's life
Entertain the reader with a story
- 10. Multiple Choice
Define the Author's Purpose "to persuade".
Author tries to teach the reader facts and information.
Author tries to entertain the reader and spark emotion.
Author tries to convince the reader to do something or believe in something.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Define the Author's Purpose "to inform".
Author tries to teach the reader facts and information.
Author tries to convince the reader to do something or believe in something.
Author tries to entertain the reader and spark emotion.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Define the Author's Purpose "to entertain".
Author tries to teach the reader facts and information.
Author tries to convince the reader to do something or believe in something.
Author tries to entertain the reader and spark emotion.
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