Author's Purpose

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What purpose do these signal words represent... fiction, poem, story?

A bookmark with facts about garbage, such as the average weight of garbage created each year by each individual and the height and width of the largest pile of garbage

Instructions on how to make a compost pile

Which of the following signal words are used with Inform?

A poem about a garbage truck that uses a lot of onomatopoeia

A billboard asking voters to appoint Joe Santiago as Sanitation Commissioner

What purpose do these signal words represent... convince, asks, urges?

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