
Author's purpose
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To pursuade, inform or entertain
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Is the reason he or she is writing.
An author's purpose could be to inform, to persuade, or to entertain.
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The author is providing the audience with facts or instructions.
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Multiple Choice
What is the Author's purpose, when they inform the audience?
To give facts or instructions
Use evidence to influence
Uses humor to tell a story.
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Open Ended
My kids persuade me to give them a weekly allowance by showing, they are responsible. What do you think to persuade means?
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To convince the reader to agree with the author
The Author uses evidence to influence the audience.
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Multiple Choice
To persuade is to...
uses humor to tell a story.
Provide the audience with facts or instructions
Uses evidence to influence the audience.
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uses humor to tell a story.
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Open Ended
I entertained the baby by blowing bubbles. What do you think entertain means?
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Multiple Choice
What does entertain mean?
providing the audience with facts or instructions.
to humor or vivid imagery to tell a story
use evidence to influence the audience
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Details in a text can help you to determine the author's purpose.
Looking closely at the supporting details in a text can help you determine the author's purpose.
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Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of A booklet encouraging students to wash their hands more frequently?
To inform
To persuade
To entertain
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My dad watched football the entire weekend. I don't think he even took a shower! He also stayed up late on Sunday night to watch an evening game. So on Monday morning, he overslept. When my mom yelled, "Come on, Bob! It's almost seven!" to try to wake him up, he replied, "Which team is winning?"
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Multiple Choice
A story about an embarrassing moment that starts out sad but turns out funny
To entertain
To persuade
To inform
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Multiple Choice
Every precious child should be able to eat healthy homegrown food.
persuade
entertain
inform
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Multiple Choice
A description of what to do if the chain falls off your bike
To inform
to persuade
to entertain
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Multiple Choice
When growing a garden, it is important to water your plants daily.
To persuade
To entertain
To inform
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