Quiz: Author's Purpose and Text Structures

An author's purpose is the reason (a)   an author ​ (b)   for the reader, ​ (c)   , or ​ (d)   he writes the text.

• why
• writes
• adds information
• way
• how
• uses
• adds dialogue

The author is the ____________ of a story. 

• writer
• artist
• reader
• setting

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

• entertain

• persuade

• inform

• explain

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

• entertain 
• inform 
• persuade
• express feelings to 

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

• enterain 
• inform
• persuade
• express feelings to

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

If you go to a poetry reading at a cafe, the author's purpose is to ​ (a)   the audience with words that ​ (b)   by using words that ​ (c)   and create ​ (d)   .

• entertain
• express feelings
• describe
• emotions
• inform
• persuade
• problems
• an advertisement

Nonfiction is...

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

A newspaper is considered a nonfiction document. 

• true
• false

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