Text Structure Authors Purpose

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?
A poem about a garbage truck that uses a lot of onomatopoeia

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

A five-paragraph essay in which the author attempts to convince readers to recycle more and to be less wasteful

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

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

A short story about a boy who never cleans his room and the horrible mess that accumulates

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

How does the author mainly organize the information in Paragraph 1?

• by listing reasons that long summer vacations affect students and teachers

• by explaining how history shaped the development of the school calendar

• by describing how different students spend their time away from school

• by comparing urban schools to schools in rural communities

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?

• To inform the reader about a specific topic

• To persuade the reader to take a certain action

• To entertain the reader with an interesting story

• To describe the steps of a process

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

Anne Frank was born in Germany in 1929. Her family moved to the Netherlands in the summer of 1933. When she turned thirteen in 1942, she was given a diary for her birthday. At the same time, German Nazis were rounding up Jewish families like her own, and she and her family soon had to go into hiding. They stayed hidden for more than two years until they were caught and moved to a concentration camp. Anne Frank died in the war, but her diary remains popular today.

• Sequence (Chronological)

• Description

• Problem/ Solution

• Cause/ Effect

• Compare/Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

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

An article in a magazine comparing and contrasting waste management in New York City and Mexico City

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI.6.6

What is the purpose of a narrative written by another student about the first time she tried to ice skate?

• Entertain

• Inform

• Persuade

• Instruct

• Criticize

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

This morning was crazy. My alarm clock was set for PM instead of AM, so I woke up really late. I just threw on some clothes and ran out the door. I rode my bike as fast as I could and thought that I was going to be late for sure, but when I got there everyone was outside and there were firetrucks all lined up in front of school. I guess somebody pulled the fire alarm before class started. It worked out though, because nobody really noticed or minded that I was tardy.

• Sequence/Chronological

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5