Author's purpose
  • 1. A book containing knock-knock jokes?
A) Entertain
B) Persuade
C) Inform
  • 2. A book containing several fairytales?
A) Inform
B) Entertain
C) Persuade
  • 3. A flyer about how barbies are better than legos?
A) Entertain
B) Inform
C) Persuade
  • 4. A cook book containing recipes for making cakes, cookies, and other desserts
A) Persuade
B) Entertain
C) Inform
  • 5. A book about how dogs are better than cats?
A) Entertain
B) Persuade
C) Inform
  • 6. A picture book about a dog that gets lost on a family vacation and has to find his way home
A) Inform
B) Entertain
C) Persuade
  • 7. A website that is trying to convince kids how math is better than reading?
A) Entertain
B) Inform
C) Persuade
  • 8. A one page printout showing how to put together a coffee table that came in a box
A) Inform
B) Entertain
C) Persuade
  • 9. A timeline showing important events from the American Civil War
A) Inform
B) Persuade
C) Entertain
  • 10. A poem about a very comfortable chair in which the speaker could rest forever
A) Entertain
B) Persuade
C) Inform
  • 11. A book about why New York is the BEST city to live in?
A) Inform
B) Persuade
C) Entertain
  • 12. A book with facts about all the Presidents of the United States?
A) Persuade
B) Entertain
C) Inform
  • 13. A fiction story or a poem is to...
A) Inform
B) Entertain
C) Persuade
  • 14. A nonfiction text is to...
A) Entertain
B) Inform
C) Persuade
  • 15. A small book about a boy who loses his Mom’s cell phone and learns that telling the truth is the most important thing
A) Entertain
B) Persuade
C) Inform
  • 16. To convince the reader to do something or think a certain way.
A) Persuade
B) Entertain
C) Inform
  • 17. To hold the reader's attention and enjoyment.
A) Persuade
B) Inform
C) Entertain
  • 18. To teach the reader about a certain topic or subject.
A) Persuade
B) Entertain
C) Inform
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