
Author's Purpose, Fables, We Real Cool
Authored by Cory Veldhuizen
English
10th Grade
Used 6+ times

AI Actions
Add similar questions
Adjust reading levels
Convert to real-world scenario
Translate activity
More...
Content View
Student View
12 questions
Show all answers
1.
CATEGORIZE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Groups:
(a) Persuade
,
(b) Inform
,
(c) Entertain
Teach
Change opinion
Influence
Emotional Experience
Explain
Life like description
Argue
Give new data
Often uses narrative
2.
CATEGORIZE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Groups:
(a) Appeals to Logic
,
(b) Appeals to Emotion
,
(c) Appeals to Character or Trust
This idea leads to the conclusion that...
If you don't do this, something bad will happen!
You're a bad person if you don't...
This just makes sense...
This will help you feel safe.
I've been working this job for 30 years
I'm a doctor, so I know...
I'm achieved fame and success.
The data shows that...
3.
MATCH QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Match the fable with the moral
The Stag & His Reflection
Do not be too hard to suit or you may have to be content with the worst or with nothing at all.
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
The evil doer often comes to harm through his own deceit.
The Oak and the Reeds
Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.
The Wild Boar & the Fox
We often make much of the ornamental and despise the useful.
The Heron
Better to yield when it is folly to resist stubbornly and be destroyed.
4.
MATCH QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Match the following text with the author's purpose
Facebook post venting about gas prices
Inform
The House of the Scorpion
Persuade
Newspaper article
Entertain
5.
CATEGORIZE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Groups:
(a) Soapstone Element
,
(b) Not Soapstone Element
,
(c) What to wear on Friday
Flannel
Subject
Apple pie
Not "nerd shirts"
Audience
Speaker
Text
Purpose
Entertain
Analyze
Occasion
Tone
Carbon
Nitrogen
6.
CATEGORIZE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Organize these themes into the right categories
Groups:
(a) Themes in "We Real Cool"
,
(b) Themes not in "We Real Cool"
The foolishness of youth
Teenage Rebellion
Family relationships can be difficult but are worth it
Friendship requires trust
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
If you see elements of a story like characters, conflict, and setting, there is a good chance the author's purpose has something to do with:
Persuade
Entertain
Inform
PIE
Access all questions and much more by creating a free account
Create resources
Host any resource
Get auto-graded reports

Continue with Google

Continue with Email

Continue with Classlink

Continue with Clever
or continue with

Microsoft
%20(1).png)
Apple
Others
Already have an account?