Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passage with Author's Purpose

Which best shows that the author's purpose is to explain how to tune a guitar?

• The author contrasts flat notes with sharp notes.

• The author outlines the steps that readers should take, in a specific order.

Which author's purpose is suggested by the text?

• to describe how students feel about shorter lunch breaks

• to persuade readers to speak out against shorter lunch breaks

• to inform readers about why lunch breaks are being shortened

• to entertain readers with a flashmob

Which author's purpose is suggested by the text?

• to describe how it feels to be in a desert wilderness

• to inform readers about desert plants and animals

• to convince readers that the desert is a beautiful place

• to entertain readers with a rain dance

Which author's purpose is suggested by the text?

• to inform readers about the "Buy Ohio" law

• to explain how the "Buy Ohio" law will lower unemployment

• to entertain readers about the Cincinnati Reds

• to argue that the "Buy Ohio" law is foolish

Which author's purpose is suggested by the text?

• to inform readers about the benefits of different temperature settings

• to teach readers how to operate a washing machine

• to convince readers to take better care of their clothes

• to inform readers how to save on dry cleaning expenses

What would the purpose be for a mystery novel?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Educate

Persuade means to...

• Convince someone to do or think something

• Make someone to do or think something

• Give the reader various facts about a topic

• Convince someone your writing is the best

Choose all correct answers before submitting: Which of the below will have the purpose to inform?

• nonfiction article describing Australia

• Fictional story about a family of pandas

• Book explaining the events that lead to World War II

• Car commercial

What would the purpose be for a car commercial?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Choose all correct responses: Which below would have the purpose to inform?

• Nonfiction article about Harriet Tubman

• A fictional story about World War II

• Commercial for Great Wolf Lodge

• Book about the accomplishments of President Abraham Lincoln