Most Likely Reason

What is the most likely reason the author wrote the following text?

• Explain

• Inform

• Describe

• Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the most likely reason the author wrote the following text?

Instructions on how to build a bird house.

• Persuade

• Explain

• Entertain

• Describe

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the most likely reason the author uses a metaphor in the following sentence? "The world is a stage, and we are merely players."

• A) To entertain

• B) To explain

• C) To illustrate a point

• D) To confuse

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the most likely reason the author chose a first-person narrative for this story?

• A) To create distance from the reader

• B) To provide a personal perspective

• C) To confuse the reader

• D) To make the story more objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the most likely reason the author uses alliteration in the poem?

• A) To create rhythm

• B) To confuse the reader

• C) To lengthen the poem

• D) To provide factual information

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

What is the most likely reason the author included a flashback in the story?

• A) To provide background information

• B) To confuse the reader

• C) To speed up the plot

• D) To introduce a new character

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the most likely reason the author uses dialogue in this scene?

• A) To reveal character relationships

• B) To confuse the reader

• C) To describe the setting

• D) To provide historical context

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What is the most likely reason the author uses a simile in the sentence? "Her smile was like sunshine."

• A) To entertain

• B) To provide a vivid image

• C) To confuse the reader

• D) To lengthen the text

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is the most likely reason the author uses foreshadowing in the novel?

• A) To hint at future events

• B) To confuse the reader

• C) To describe past events

• D) To introduce a new character

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the most likely reason the author uses a rhetorical question in the essay?

• A) To engage the reader

• B) To confuse the reader

• C) To provide an answer

• D) To describe a setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9