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The __________ is the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic.
a) caption
b) paycheck
c) Author's Purpose
d) biography

The way to REMEMBER the different reasons why an author writes is ________.
a) P. I. E.
b) C. A. K. E.
c) W. R. I. T. E.
d) M. I. L. K.

If the author is trying to get you to try something or believe something, he is trying to __________.
a) Inform
b) Persuade
c) Entertain
d) Question

When authors give you facts or teach you something, their purpose is to ________.
a) Inform
b) Persuade
c) Entertain
d) bore you

If authors write a funny or interesting story just for your enjoyment, their purpose is to _____.
a) Persuade
b) Entertain
c) Inform
d) make money.

Billboards, advertisements, commercials, and reviews are meant to _________
a) educate
b) inform
c) entertain
d) persuade

Fiction, comics, mysteries, and fantasy are meant to __________.
a) persuade
b) entertain
c) inform
d) bore you.

Non-fiction, biographies, autobiographies, history and science facts, and news articles are meant to _______.
a) persuade
b) entertain
c) put you to sleep
d) inform

Which of these is NOT meant to INFORM you?
a) A biography about Barack Obama's life
b) An autobiography that Lionel Messi writes about his own life
c) a fiction book about a unicorn making friends with a gigantic robot
d) A news article about the next presidential election

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) fiction and fantasy.
b) both to inform AND persuade.
c) to persuade you to stay in school.
d) a biography.

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