POV and Author's Purpose

Giving makes you happy and healthy. According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Health, interesting things happen when people give to a charity. A part of the brain associated with pleasure is activated. Giving also releases endorphins, producing a feeling of happiness. Giving is also linked to good health. This is probably because generous people enjoy decreased stress.

What if you cannot afford to donate money? Then you can give your time and effort. Here are some ideas.

1. Offer to help elderly family members or neighbors. Elderly people often need assistance, and many don't want ot ask for help.

2. Organize a yard sale in your community and donate money earned.

People who give of themselves are a special breed. Their generosity makes it possible for others to experience joy.

What is the author's main purpose for including paragraph 1?

• to inform readers of the benefits of giving

• to instruct readers on how to avoid stress

• to entertain readers with stories of giving

• to convince readers to give money to the National Institute of Health

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Giving makes you happy and healthy. According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Health, interesting things happen when people give to a charity. A part of the brain associated with pleasure is activated. Giving also releases endorphins, producing a feeling of happiness. Giving is also linked to good health. This is probably because generous people enjoy decreased stress.

What if you cannot afford to donate money? Then you can give your time and effort. Here are some ideas.

1. Offer to help elderly family members or neighbors. Elderly people often need assistance, and many don't want ot ask for help.

2. Organize a yard sale in your community and donate money earned.

People who give of themselves are a special breed. Their generosity makes it possible for others to experience joy

The author wqould most likely agree that

• people should volunteer with the elderly before doing charity work

• a person under stress must not support charities

• people who support charities must be bored

• a person who doesn't have to be rich to support a charity

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Giving makes you happy and healthy. According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Health, interesting things happen when people give to a charity. A part of the brain associated with pleasure is activated. Giving also releases endorphins, producing a feeling of happiness. Giving is also linked to good health. This is probably because generous people enjoy decreased stress.

What if you cannot afford to donate money? Then you can give your time and effort. Here are some ideas.

1. Offer to help elderly family members or neighbors. Elderly people often need assistance, and many don't want ot ask for help.

2. Organize a yard sale in your community and donate money earned.

People who give of themselves are a special breed. Their generosity makes it possible for others to experience joy.

What is the author's main purpose for including paragraph 1?

• to inspire readers to volunteer

• to inform readers of background information

• to instruct readers on how to support charities

• to describe what volunteering is like

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What was the author's mian reason for writing this article?

• to encourage people to donate money

• to describe different charity organizations

• to persuade people that donating to charities is important

• to inform readers about good organizations and ways to help

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The author would most likely agree that

• it could be rewarding to help charities by volunteering or donating

• The National Health Institute doesn't need much help

• donating money is the best way to help

• charities shouldn't take on so many cases

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What is the author's attitude, or point of view, towards charities? The author believes...

• charities aren't needed, because the elderly don't need our help

• not enough people help out at charities, and everyone should.

• charities are good, and people should help maintain them

• large charities are superior to smaller charities.

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What was the author's purpose for putting in the "What if you cannot afford to donate money" section?

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

• to instruct

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How does the author's word choice in the phrase, "People who give of themselves are a special breed," contribute to the purpose?

• it describes the benefits of people volunteering

• it shows that the writer thinks that volunteers should be rewarded

• to prove that it takes a special kind of people to donate time and money to a good cause.

• to show that there are benefits for the people who donate and those that need the donations.

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