Determining Authors Purpose

• Inform readers about how clay can be used to write with

• Persuade readers that the best tool to use for writing is a pencil

• Inform readers of what a pencil is made of

• Entertain readers with a story about a pencil

• Inform readers that Merc Corporation made a new cream

• Persuade readers that No Age cream will make them look younger

• Entertain readers with a story about how No Age cream made a woman look younger

• Persuade readers that Merc Corporation is the best place to work

• Persuade readers that a shopping mall should be built

• Inform readers that the city council will vote on building a new shopping mall soon

• Persuade readers that Pilla Park is a great place and should be destroyed

• Inform readers that Pilla Park is a great place and should now be destroyed

• Entertain the reader with a story about a person trying to become CEO

• Inform the reader that abbreviations are used for a variety of words

• Entertain the reader with a funny story about a teaspoon at a park

• Inform the reader that Mr. short for Mister

• To persuade readers that Egypt is the best place for vacation

• To inform readers about what Ancient Egyptians would have eaten

• Persuade readers that Ancient Egyptians ate better than anyone else in the world

• Entertain readers with a story about dinner time in Ancient Egypt

Which of the following is NOT an example of Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Compare and Contrast

• Entertain

Which of the following is a type of text structure?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Sequential Order

• Entertain

What is the purpose of a text written in chronological order?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

What is the purpose of a commercial advertising new shoes?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

Why would an author write a biography?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe