Do you know the author's purpose?

1.Get the bread 2.Get the peanut butter and the jelly 3. Spread the peanut butter and jelly on the bread. 4.Put the slices of bread together.
What is the authors purpose in this text?

• To Persuade
• To Entertain
• To Explain 
• To Inform

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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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If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...

• To Entertain 
• To Persuade 
• To Explain
• To Inform

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What is the author's purpose:

Meagan and Catherine were twin sisters who always got into trouble at school. One day Meagan and Catherine put salt in their teacher's coffee when the teacher wasn't looking. They were always playing pranks on their teacher.

• To entertain the reader with a story about two sisters who prank their teacher.

• To entertain the reader with a story about drinking coffee with salt in it.

• To persuade the reader to put salt in their teacher's coffee.

• To inform the reader about what it tastes like to put salt in coffee.

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What is the author's purpose:

The cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal. A cheetah can go from 0 to 60 miles an hour in only three seconds. These big cats are quite alert at high speed and can make quick and sudden turns when they see their prey.

• To entertain the reader with a story about a cheetah.

• To persuade the reader that the cheetah is the fastest animal.

• To inform the reader about a cheetah's ability to run fast.

• To entertain the reader with a story about a cheetah catching its prey.

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What's the author's purpose:

Dear Miss Sloan,

I am writing this letter to give you reasons for why we should get a longer recess. I think that we need more time to play to get out our energy. We also need more time in the sunlight to get Vitamin D. If we had longer recesses, we would be able to spend more time talking with our friends and wouldn't talk during your lessons.

• To entertain the reader with a story about recess.

• To inform the reader about why recess is important.

• To persuade the reader to give students a longer recess.

• To persuade the reader to make sure they exercise enough.

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What is the author's purpose:

There are a lot of reasons why you should get a cat for a pet instead of a dog. The first reason is that a cat is able to take care of itself. The second reason is that cats do not need to be walked every day. A third reason is that cats do not bark when the mailman delivers your mail.

• To inform the reader about why cats are better than dogs.

• To persuade the reader why they should think cats are better than dogs.

• To inform the reader about how cats take care of themselves.

• To persuade the reader to into buying an animal.

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What is the author's purpose:

Once upon a time, there was a sad dragon. People were afraid of him because he breathed fire. So, one day, he bought a bid bag of marshmallows, got some sticks, and put up a sign: "Free Marshmallow Roast." No one was afraid if him anymore.

• To persuade the reader to eat roasted marshmallows.

• To inform the reader about how you should make roasted marshmallows.

• To entertain the reader with a story about a dragon who makes roasted marshmallows.

• To entertain the reader with a story about a scary dragon.

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What is the author's purpose:

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985, in a small island off the western coast of the Portugal. He is the youngest of four children. He was named after Ronald Reagan, one of his father's favorite actors.

• To inform the reader about how Cristiano Ronaldo became a soccer player.

• To inform the reader about Cristiano Ronaldo.

• To persuade the reader to watch Cristiano Ronaldo on tv.

• To entertain the reader with a story about a famous soccer player.

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The three main reasons why an author would write something is to:

• entertain, describe and be funny

• explain, inform, learn

• persuade, inform, entertain

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