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Author's Purpose
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English
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8th Grade
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Marissa Dickens
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30 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A recipe to make an award-winning spicy chicken salad
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A map of the school showing all of the emergency exits
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A poem about a chef who ruins every meals that he cooks
Entertain
Inform
Persuad
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A speech arguing that the 8th grade class should read The Hunger Games
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A care label on the back of a sweatshirt explaining how to wash it.
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A sign carried by a protester that reads, "More Libraries, Fewer Prisons!"
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Entertain
Inform
Persuade
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
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