Author's Purpose Informational

The author's purpose is?

• the feeling associated with a word

• the reason the author wrote the text

• to make money off his/her writing

• the mood the author is in when he/she writes

The primary purpose for an informational text when the author is trying to get the audience to do or think something is to?

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

• criticize

The primary purpose of an informational text when not trying to get the reader to do or think something is to?

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

• teach a moral lesson

If an author proposes an idea, his/her purpose is to?

• compare

• explain

• suggest

• intensify

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

Instructions on how to make a compost pile

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

The first American space station was launched in 1973. NASA scientists needed a way to give the astronauts who lived there for 171 days a way to detect smoke or fire before it was too late to stop. They invented a smoke detector for Skylab that ended up in about 90% of all private homes as well.

• Describe

• Entertain

• Explain

• Inform

Hellen Keller was born in 1880 and died in 1968. Despite being deaf and blind, Keller was a political activist, a lecturer, an author, and a tireless advocate for those with disabilities.

• Entertain

• Explain

• Inform

• Describe

The author's purpose differs for _____________ and __________ texts.

• serious authors and funny authors

• poetry and free verse

• themes and central ideas

• informational and fictional

When an author breaks down an idea, his/her purpose is to?

• contrast

• intensify

• compare

• explain

When the author writes to show similarities between things or ideas, his/her purpose is to?

• compare

• persuade

• contrast

• describe