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Author's Purpose Activity
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What are the five purposes an author gives to his or her audience?
None of the Above
Keep awake, give examples, show off, manipulate etc.
To describe, to inform, to entertain, to entertain
Explain, to reveal, to interest, to educate and to inspire.
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The author's purpose is to __ when a story has a moral or that the text contains lots of facts.
Entertain
Explain
Persuade
Inform
3
You just finished reading Jack and the Beanstalk, What was the author's purpose?
None of the Above
Explain
Inform
Persuade
4
What is the Author's Purpose?
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
Information
5
What are some examples of Entertaining Texts?
comic, textbook, joke
story, limerick, comic
biography, diccionary, textbook
joke, poem, novel
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A recipe for making lasagna
Entertain
Explain
Persuade
None of the Above
7
A passage that has more facts than opinions is more likely to be a...
Autobiography
Recipe
None of the Above
Speech
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A pamphlet in a hospital would most likely...
Inform
Explain
Infrom
Entertain
9
What is the Author's Purpose?
Explain
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
10
What was this Quiz about?
Others Purpose
Authors Purple
Authors Tortoise
Authors Purpose
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"This is gonna be a loooooong day." Why does the author use multiple Os in the word "long"?
To fill in extra space
To add emphasis to the word
To add a bit of humor
To unstick the O key
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What is the Author's Purpose?
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
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Which is the best example of a text that Informs?
Poem
Novel
News Article
Limmerick
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The author only writes the text for one purpose.
False
True
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A text that has more opinions and facts is likely to be a...
Autobiography
Commercial scrpit
Entertaining Text
Persuasive Text
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Which is
NOT
an example of things written to persuade?
Poetry
Speeches
Advertisements
Commercials
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Which genre will have less facts?
NonFiction
History
Science Fiction
Fiction
18
A pamphlet in a gym would most likely...
Entertain
None of the Above
Inform
Persuade
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Which is an example of a title that would be written for the purpose of persuading?
Why Soccer in America will Never be the Top Sport
How to Divide Fractions
The Art of Fencing
Speaking Conversational Chinese
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What does PIE stand for?
Persuade, Entertain, Inform
Persuade, Entertain, Information
Persuade, Enternait, Inform
Pie, Entertain, Inform
