Author's Purpose Q&A
A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not litter
- (correct answer)Persuade
An encyclopedia entry about endangered animals and efforts to protect them - (correct
answer)Inform
The terms of use for Facebook, a social networking site - (correct answer)Inform
A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes
lasagna - (correct answer)Entertain
A brochure about how people shouldn't shop at Walmart because they hurt local
businesses - (correct answer)Persuade
The fourth novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer - (correct answer)Entertain
A student's book report about the fourth novel in the Twilight series - (correct
answer)Inform
A speech by a politician asking for 90 minutes to be added to the school day - (correct
answer)Persuade
The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - (correct answer)Entertain
The instructions for the board game, Monopoly. - (correct answer)Inform
The story of a young man who learns to resist the influences of drugs and gangs -
(correct answer)Entertain
A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not litter
- (correct answer)Persuade
An encyclopedia entry about endangered animals and efforts to protect them - (correct
answer)Inform
The terms of use for Facebook, a social networking site - (correct answer)Inform
A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes
lasagna - (correct answer)Entertain
A brochure about how people shouldn't shop at Walmart because they hurt local
businesses - (correct answer)Persuade
The fourth novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer - (correct answer)Entertain
A student's book report about the fourth novel in the Twilight series - (correct
answer)Inform
A speech by a politician asking for 90 minutes to be added to the school day - (correct
answer)Persuade
The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - (correct answer)Entertain
The instructions for the board game, Monopoly. - (correct answer)Inform
The story of a young man who learns to resist the influences of drugs and gangs -
(correct answer)Entertain
