Authors Purpose

Authors Purpose

7th - 12th Grade

52 Qs

quiz-placeholder

Similar activities

Text Structures/Text Features

Text Structures/Text Features

6th - 8th Grade

57 Qs

7th Grade ELA Midterm Review

7th Grade ELA Midterm Review

7th Grade

47 Qs

Unit 1 Review

Unit 1 Review

5th - 7th Grade

47 Qs

Poetry Unit_ELA 7 21-22

Poetry Unit_ELA 7 21-22

7th Grade

49 Qs

Unit 3 Review

Unit 3 Review

7th - 8th Grade

50 Qs

ENG 8 Common Assessment #1

ENG 8 Common Assessment #1

7th - 8th Grade

48 Qs

Author's Purpose Review

Author's Purpose Review

6th - 8th Grade

56 Qs

Seventh Grade ELA Review

Seventh Grade ELA Review

7th Grade

53 Qs

Authors Purpose

Authors Purpose

Assessment

Quiz

English

7th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

52 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)
Persuade, Inform, Electrify
Perform, Infer, Entertain
Persuade, Inform, Educate
Persuade, Inform, Entertain

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Persuade means...

Make people agree with you

Inform people

Make people think the opposite thing

Make people experience different emotions

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Inform means...

Give persuasive speech

Give information

Provide people with different feelings

Convince your point is the right one

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Entertain means...

To make people scared

To make people sad

To make people enjoy something

All the responses are correct

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."
Persuade
Inform
Entertain

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."
Persuade
Inform
Entertain

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the authors purpose?
"She threw the paper airplane. It looped through the trees, under the dogs belly, up into the sky and landed in the hot air balloon."
Persuade
Inform
Entertain

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Create resources
Host any resource
Get auto-graded reports
or continue with
Microsoft
Apple
Others
By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
Already have an account?