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Author's Purpose
Test Description: Wright - Lang. Arts
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The __________ is the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic.
A
caption
B
biography
C
Author's Purpose
D
paycheck
2) The way to REMEMBER the different reasons why an author writes is ________.
A
C. A. K. E.
B
P. I. E.
C
W. R. I. T. E.
D
M. I. L. K.
3) If the author is trying to get you to try something or believe something, he is trying to __________.
A
Inform
B
Entertain
C
Question
D
Persuade
4) When authors give you facts or teach you something, their purpose is to ________.
A
bore you
B
Entertain
C
Persuade
D
Inform
5) If authors write a funny or interesting story just for your enjoyment, their purpose is to _____.
A
make money.
B
Inform
C
Entertain
D
Persuade
6) Billboards, advertisements, commercials, and reviews are meant to _________
A
entertain
B
persuade
C
inform
D
educate
7) Fiction, comics, mysteries, and fantasy are meant to __________.
A
entertain
B
inform
C
persuade
D
bore you.
8) Non-fiction, biographies, autobiographies, history and science facts, and news articles are meant to _______.
A
persuade
B
put you to sleep
C
entertain
D
inform
9) Which of these is NOT meant to INFORM you?
A
An autobiography that Lionel Messi writes about his own life
B
A biography about Barack Obama's life
C
a fiction book about a unicorn making friends with a gigantic robot
D
A news article about the next presidential election
10) If a young girl named Malala writes a book about how she was shot by the Taliban for attending school AND argues that ALL girls and boys should be able to go to school, it is ___________________
A
both to inform AND persuade.
B
to persuade you to stay in school.
C
fiction and fantasy.
D
a biography.
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