Author's Purpose

A poem about a garbage truck that uses a lot of onomatopoeia

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

A five-paragraph essay in which the author attempts to convince readers to recycle more and to be less wasteful

• inform

• entertain

• persuade

A short story about a boy who never cleans his room and the horrible mess that accumulates.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

Instructions on how to make a compost pile

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

A bookmark with facts about garbage, such as the average weight of garbage created each year by each individual and the height and width of the largest pile of garbage

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

You are reading about a garbage truck who has a hard time making friends

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

An article in a magazine comparing and contrasting waste management in New York City and Mexico City

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

A billboard asking voters to appoint Kezhen Li as President of China

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

The script for a television commercial to be read by Miley Cyrus telling viewers to make environmentally friendly decisions because future generations depend on it

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

A sticker on the trash compactor that shows how to operate it

• inform

• persuade

• entertain