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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the author explaining in this text?
Where you can buy houseplants
What houseplants look like
One way houseplants are helpful
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the author explaining?
What litter is and why it is bad for the environment
Where to find litter
How to recycle
- 3. Multiple Choice
What question is the author answering, describing, or explaining here?
The author is explaining how to use a seatbelt
The author is answering why seat belts are important
The author is describing what a seat belt looks like
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the author answering, describing, or explaining in this text?
The author is answering the question: what is a Ferris wheel?
The author is answering the question: how fast do Ferris wheels go?
The author is describing the first Ferris wheel.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was the author's purpose of this text?
To explain what ghost ships are
To tell what the Bermuda Triangle is
To describe how tropical storms are formed
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the author answering, describing, or explaining here?
The author is describing what a hot air balloon looks like.
The author is answering the question: how do hot air balloons stay in the sky?
The author is explaining the steps to riding a hot air balloon.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the main purpose for this text?
To describe where Thomas Edison was born.
To answer the question: who was Thomas Edison?
To describe the light bulb.
- 8. Multiple Choice
First, Next, Last are seen when the author's main purpose is to...
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Describe
Explain
- 9. Multiple Choice
Using adjectives and the 5 senses means the author's main purpose is to...
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describe
explain
- 10. Multiple Choice
The author's main purpose for writing this book is
To answer a question about zebras
Describe zebras
Explain where zebras come from
- 11. Multiple Choice
The main purpose of the author of this book is ...
Answer a question
Describe foods
Explain how to make recipes
- 12. Multiple Choice
Read the following text about lemonade. Is the author answering, describing, or explaining?
Fresh lemonade is a delicious and healthy drink. It’s sweet, crisp taste and sunny yellow color is perfect for hot summer days. It is full of Vitamin C and is a great treat.
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Describe
Explain
- 13. Multiple Choice
Read the following text. Is the author answering, describing, or explaining?
First, dig a small hole in the ground. Next, place the lemon seed in the hole and cover with soil. Make sure it has plenty of water and sun. In a few weeks your tree should sprout!
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Describe
Explain
- 14. Multiple Choice
why did the author write this story?
to tell where the library is
to tell why people go to the libraries
to tell who goes to the library.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why did the writer write this story?
to tell what teachers do
to tell why children go to school
to tell where children learn new things
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