Author's Purpose: Recycling

What is the main idea of this passage?

What is the author's "takeaway" message to the reader?

Which sentence supports the author's message?

• I will share why everyone should make recycling a part of their daily lives.

• When waste decomposes in landfills, it releases harmful gases like methane, which contribute to climate change.

• For example, recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to power a TV for three hours!

• Many people don’t realize that our waste can have a huge impact on the environment.

Match these sentences from the passage with the author's intended purpose:

• Appealing to emotion

• Each one of us has the power to make a difference by choosing to recycle.

• Appealing to collective responsibility

• Together, we can help create a cleaner, healthier planet for ourselves and future generations.

• Appealing to personal responsibility

• Imagine a beautiful sea turtle swimming gracefully through the water, only to accidentally eat a plastic bag instead of its usual meal.

• Appealing to logic

• If we continue to use resources at such a high rate without recycling, we risk exhausting them entirely.

​ (a)   waste (such as plastic utensils) can prevent these items from ending up in landfills.

• Reducing
• Reusing
• Recycling
• Disposing of

What emotions does the author want to make you feel when reading this passage?

Knowing the author's message, what will you do to follow it?

Match the words to their connotation (how they make people feel):

Groups:

(a) Hopeful

,

(b) Scared

• death

• harmed

• injury

• beautiful

• care

• serious

• responsibility

• fresh

• healthy

• impact

• preserve

• thrive

• power

• choice

• smell

• garbage

• fun

• traps

• risk