It's important to go to school. What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career. What is the author's purpose?

to persuade you to work hard in school

to entertain with a story about school

to teach you how to get good grades

Why would an author include illustrations?

To expand the meaning of the text

To demonstrate his artistic abilities

To represent information in a different way

Now is the time for the people of earth to consider building a colony on the moon. While the crisis of overpopulation is not yet widespread on earth, there is no better time than the present to plan how humans might set up a civilization on the moon. Everyone reading this should contact his or her representatives in Congress and suggest funding a moon colony. The author most likely wrote this selection to -

Persuade you to consider building a colony on the moon.

Describe what its like to live on the moon.

Entertain with a story about astronauts.

Inform you about an exciting new technological advance.

Several scientists from NASA, the national space agency, visited a local manufacturing plant yesterday to investigate the possibility of producing a new type of plastic originally developed for space travel. The new plastic is cheaper to produce and more durable than traditional plastics. Scientists expect it will be especially valuable in manufacturing automobiles. The author most likely wrote the selection to -

inform the reader about a new type of plastic.

Explain the steps in becoming an astronaut.

Entertain with a story about space.

A sentence that explains a picture

The title of a part of a nonfiction book

How does the table of contents help a reader?

find parts of the book quickly.

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Do you carpool to school? Do you take a bus? It should be a requirement for everyone to either share a ride or walk to school every day. If we are serious about saving the planet, we must take steps to conserve energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions.

Persuade

Inform

Entertain

Explain

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

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Caroline Bartlett Crane was born in 1858 in Hudson, Wisconsin. After working as a teacher, she became a journalist and an ordained minister. Crane was an activist who worked toward women’s voting rights in the United States. Her tireless efforts at improving sanitation in large cities—especially in the slums where the poorest residents lived—earned her the title “America’s Housekeeper.”

Persuade

Inform

Explain

Describe

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

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“Once upon a time in a magical kingdom, there lived a great hero. He was about to set out on a dangerous quest!”

Explain

Persuade

Entertain

Inform

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

Persuade, Inform, Electrify

Perform, Infer, Entertain

Persuade, Inform, Educate

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something

persuade

inform

entertain

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Persuade means...

Make people agree with you

Make people angry

Make people think the opposite thing

Make people fall in love

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Entertain means...

To make people scared

To make people sad

To make people enjoy something

To go to the circus

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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Author's purpose - Informational Text & Features

Do you carpool to school? Do you take a bus? It should be a requirement for everyone to either share a ride or walk to school every day. If we are serious about saving the planet, we must take steps to conserve energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions.

“Once upon a time in a magical kingdom, there lived a great hero. He was about to set out on a dangerous quest!”

What are the three reasons we write?(Authors purpose for writing)

the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something

Persuade means...

Entertain means...

It's important to go to school. What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career.What is the author's purpose?

What is the authors purpose?"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."

Why would an author include illustrations?

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What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

It's important to go to school. What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career.
What is the author's purpose?

What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."