Author's Purpose Question Preview (ID: 51998)


Author's Purpose (PIE) Persuade, Inform, Entertain. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

A poem about a garbage truck that uses a lot of onomatopoeia
a) Persuade
b) Inform
c) Enterain
d)

A five-paragraph essay in which the author attempts to convince readers to recycle more and to be less wasteful
a) Persuade
b) Inform
c) Entertain
d)

A short story about a boy who never cleans his room and the horrible mess that accumulates
a) Persuade
b) Inform
c) Entertain
d)

Instructions on how to make a compost pile
a) Persuade
b) Inform
c) Entertain
d)

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
a) Persuade
b) Inform
c) Entertain
d)

A billboard asking voters to appoint Joe Santiago as Sanitation Commissioner
a) Persuade
b) Inform
c) Entertain
d)

What purpose do these signal words represent... convince, asks, urges?
a) Persuade
b) Inform
c) Entertain
d)

What purpose do these signal words represent... fiction, poem, story?
a) Persuade
b) Inform
c) Entertain
d)

Which of the following signal words are used with Inform?
a) convince
b) short story
c) author
d) facts

Which of the following signal words are used with Inform?
a) asks
b) instructions
c) fiction
d) bookmark

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