Author's Purpose High School

What is the author's purpose?

• To Inform

• To Entertain

• To Persuade

What is the author's purpose?

• To Inform

• To Persuade

• To Entertain

What is the author's purpose? Rosie had the best time making her valentine cards for her classmates. She used red and white paper, heart stickers, markers and anything else she could find. It was great. Her friends are planning a valentine party on Feb. 14th at school. The one she made for her best friend is funny. Funny valentines are nice to get

• To Entertain

• To Inform

• To Persuade

What is the author's purpose?

• To Persuade

• To Inform

• To Entertain

What is the author's purpose?

• To Persuade

• To Inform

• To Entertain

What is the author's purpose? Joe had been fishing for over two hours without a single bite. Suddenly there was a nibble at the end of his fishing line. He stood up on the boat and leaned out too far. Just then there was a sharp yank on the line. Joe fell overboard and landed head first into the water. Joe and his friends laughed and laughed.

• To Persuade

• To Inform

• To Entertain

What is the author's purpose?

• To Inform

• To Entertain

• To Persuade

What is the author's purpose?

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• To Entertain

• To Persuade

• To Inform

What is the author's purpose:Meagan and Catherine were twin sisters who always got into trouble at school. One day Meagan and Catherine put salt in their teacher's coffee when the teacher wasn't looking. They were always playing pranks on their teacher.

• To entertain the reader with a story about two sisters who prank their teacher.

• To entertain the reader with a story about drinking coffee with salt in it.

• To persuade the reader to put salt in their teacher's coffee.

• To inform the reader about what it tastes like to put salt in coffee.

What's the author's purpose: Dear Miss Sloan, I am writing this letter to give you reasons for why we should get a longer recess. I think that we need more time to play to get out our energy. We also need more time in the sunlight to get Vitamin D. If we had longer recesses, we would be able to spend more time talking with our friends and wouldn't talk during your lessons.

• To entertain the reader with a story about recess.

• To inform the reader about why recess is important.

• To persuade the reader to give students a longer recess.

• To persuade the reader to make sure they exercise enough.