Author's Purpose

The author is the ____________ of a story. 

• writer
• artist
• reader
• setting

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

An author's purpose is...

• the reason an author writes
• the reason an author teaches
• author's sense of humor
• author's way of life. 

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CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

You read a fiction book for fun. The purpose of the book is to...

• enterain
• persuade
• inform
• express feelings

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TEKS.ELA.OI.3A

TEKS.ELA.LG.2N

TEKS.ELA.3.10

TEKS.ELA.6.9B

TEKS.ELA.8.9B

If you read a short, funny story, the purpose of the story is to _______________ you. 

• entertain 
• inform 
• persuade
• express feelings to 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When you watch a debate on TV, the people debating are trying to ___________________ you. 

• enterain 
• inform
• persuade
• express feelings to

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

When you watch a documentary on TV about an event in history, such as WWII, the purpose of the documentary is to ___________________.

• entertain
• persuade
• inform 
• express feelings

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If you go to a poetry reading about someone's feelings at a cafe, the reader's purpose is to _______________________.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

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TEKS.ELA.E4.8B

TEKS.ELA.LG.3B

TEKS.ELA.E1.8B

TEKS.ELA.E3.8B

TEKS.ELA.E4.6A

Nonfiction is...

• fake stories
• true stories
• stories that are made up
• stories that are not real

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TEKS.ELA.LG.2L

A newspaper is considered a nonfiction document. 

• true
• false

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TEKS.ELA.ABJ.2A

TEKS.ELA.ABJ.3A

TEKS.ELA.CM.3B

TEKS.ELA.J.2B

TEKS.ELA.J.3A

You see a movie trailer on TV. You then want to go see the movie. What has the movie trailer done effectively? 

• inform you
• entertain you
• persuade you
• express theor feelings to you

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TEKS.ELA.E4.8B

TEKS.ELA.LG.3B

TEKS.ELA.OI.3A

TEKS.ELA.E2.8B

TEKS.ELA.E3.8B