Authors Purpose Question Preview (ID: 12607)


Read Each Description Of Each Text And Identify The MAIN PURPOSE Of The Author. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not litter.
a) Entertain
b) Inform
c) Persuade
d) None of the above

An encyclopedia entry about endangered animals and efforts to protect them.
a) Entertain
b) Inform
c) Persuade
d) None of the above

A map of the world showing all continents, countries, and oceans.
a) Entertain
b) Inform
c) Persuade
d) None of the above

A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes lasagna.
a) Entertain
b) Inform
c) Persuade
d) None of the above

A brochure about how people shouldn't shop a Wal-Mart because they hurt local businesses.
a) Entertain
b) Inform
c) Persuade
d) None of the above

The fourth novel in the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer.
a) Entertain
b) Inform
c) Persuade
d) None of the above

A student's book report about the fourth novel in the Twilight series.
a) Entertain
b) Inform
c) Persuade
d) None of the above

A speech by a politician asking for 90 minutes to be added to the school day.
a) Entertain
b) Inform
c) Persuade
d) None of the above

The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.
a) Entertain
b) Inform
c) Persuade
d) None of the above

The instructions for the board game, Monopoly.
a) Entertain
b) Inform
c) Persuade
d) None of the above

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