Author's Purpose
These are the three main purposes authors write.
What is to persuade, to inform or to entertain?
This is when you give an animal or object qualities or abilities that only a human can have.
What is personification?
What is this an example of? Pablo prefers pecan pie.
What is alliteration?
What is the text structure of this excerpt? Many people think that they can get sick by going into cold weather improperly dressed; however, illnesses are not caused by temperature- they are caused by germs. You’re more likely to contract an illness indoors because you will have a greater exposure to germs.
What is cause and effect?
What genre is this excerpt most likely from? Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. Amelia Earhart's life is a fascinating story.
What is biography?
What is most likely the author's purpose? Joe had been fishing for two hours without a single bite. Suddenly there was a nibble at the end of his fishing line. He stood up on the boat and leaned out too far. Just then there was a sharp yank on the line. Joe fell overboard and landed head first into the water. Joe and his friends laughed and laughed.
What is to entertain?
This is what the author believes about a certain topic.
What is theme?
What is this an example of? The snow is a white blanket.
What is metaphor?
What is the text structure of this excerpt? Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a skin, but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily. Oranges also contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious.
What is compare and contrast?
What genre is this excerpt most likely from? The Sweethearts were organized in 1937 when Laurence Clifton Jones, the director of the Piney Woods Country Life School in Mississippi, arranged for a group of students to play music together.
What is non-fiction?
What is most likely the author's purpose? The giant panda is a bearlike animal that has thick white fur with black markings. The giant panda feeds on bamboo forests at high altitudes in western China. It also eats bulbs, roots, eggs, and some small mammals. The giant panda is an endangered species and is protected by the Chinese government.
What is to inform?
This is language that appeals to the 5 senses.
What is imagery OR sensory?
What is this an example of? The sun smiled at me and warmed my soul.
What is personification?
What is the text structure of this excerpt? My family and I went to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first thing we did when we got there was to take a tour of a space shuttle. Then we tasted the food astronauts eat while they are in space. In the end, we got in a special booth that showed us what it is like to be weightless! It was an amazing day.
What is chronological?
What genre is this excerpt most likely from? Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"
What is fiction?
What is most likely the author's purpose? The Slim-O-Matic will cause you to lose pounds and inches from your body in one month. This amazing machine helps you to exercise correctly and provides an easy video to show you the proper way to exercise. Send $75.99 and begin exercising today.
What is to persuade?
This is a group of lines in a poem - similar to a paragraph in other forms of writing.
What is a stanza?
What is this an example of? She's a million years old.
What is hyperbole?
What is the text structure of this excerpt? A sprain is a tear in the muscle. Sprains happen when a muscle is twisted or overstretched. If you sprain a muscle, you should ice it immediately. Putting ice on a sprain will reduce swelling and pain.
What is problem/solution?
What genre is this excerpt most likely from? This is my diary. I am a 12 year old Jewish girl. I have a wonderful boyfriend, a great family and of course I go to school. Last month, a man named Hitler became leader. He totally destroyed my life.
What is autobiography?
What is most likely the author's purpose? Karina and her brother, Jess were playing with the water hose outside one day. Jess was hiding from Karina so she wouldn't squirt him with the water. The back door opened and Karina pointed the water hose toward the door. It was Mom and she was dripping wet!
What is to entertain?
This is the language you use to exaggerate what you mean.
What is hyperbole?
What is this an example of? The cows in the barn were mooing early this morning.
What is onomatopoeia?
What is the text structure of this excerpt? Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or face of a moving wave, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. However, surfers can also utilize artificial waves such as those from boat wakes and the waves created in artificial wave pools.
What is description?
What genre is this excerpt most likely from? As a 12-year-old growing up in Sierra Leone, Beah lived a life like a typical American pre-teen, listening to hip hop and hanging out with friends. When civil war comes to his country in 1995, he is surrounded by death and is forced to survive by becoming a soldier.
What is historical fiction?