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Author's Purpose Activity
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A pamphlet in a gym would most likely...
Entertain
None of the Above
Inform
Persuade
2
A text that has more opinions and facts is likely to be a...
Commercial scrpit
Persuasive Text
Entertaining Text
Autobiography
3
"This is gonna be a loooooong day." Why does the author use multiple Os in the word "long"?
To unstick the O key
To fill in extra space
To add a bit of humor
To add emphasis to the word
4
What are the five purposes an author gives to his or her audience?
Keep awake, give examples, show off, manipulate etc.
To describe, to inform, to entertain, to entertain
None of the Above
Explain, to reveal, to interest, to educate and to inspire.
5
Which is the best example of a text that Informs?
Novel
Limmerick
Poem
News Article
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What was this Quiz about?
Authors Tortoise
Authors Purpose
Authors Purple
Others Purpose
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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
The Art of Fencing
Speaking Conversational Chinese
How to Divide Fractions
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What is the Author's Purpose?
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
9
A recipe for making lasagna
None of the Above
Explain
Persuade
Entertain
10
Which genre will have less facts?
NonFiction
History
Science Fiction
Fiction
11
The author only writes the text for one purpose.
False
True
12
What is the Author's Purpose?
Explain
Entertain
Persuade
Inform
13
A passage that has more facts than opinions is more likely to be a...
Autobiography
Recipe
None of the Above
Speech
14
What does PIE stand for?
Persuade, Enternait, Inform
Persuade, Entertain, Inform
Persuade, Entertain, Information
Pie, Entertain, Inform
15
What is the Author's Purpose?
Entertain
Inform
Explain
Persuade
16
What are some examples of Entertaining Texts?
biography, diccionary, textbook
joke, poem, novel
story, limerick, comic
comic, textbook, joke
17
You just finished reading Jack and the Beanstalk, What was the author's purpose?
None of the Above
Persuade
Explain
Inform
18
A pamphlet in a hospital would most likely...
Inform
Entertain
Explain
Infrom
19
Which is
NOT
an example of things written to persuade?
Advertisements
Speeches
Commercials
Poetry
20
The author's purpose is to __ when a story has a moral or that the text contains lots of facts.
Persuade
Entertain
Inform
Explain
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What is the Author's Purpose?
Information
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
