Author's Purpose
An author's purpose is to:
A: 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person
B: Persuade, inform, or entertain their audience
C: to write facts
B: Persuade, inform, or entertain their audience
What should you do to find the meaning of an underlined word?
A: use your best guess
B: re-read, look for clues, and substitute answer choices
C: highlight
B: re-read, look for clues, and substitute answer choices
What does a good summary always include?
A: Lots of details
B: Your opinion
C: Beginning, middle, and end
C: Beginning, middle, and end
What is theme?
A: The events in a story
B: what the story is mostly about
C: the lesson learned
C: the lesson learned
Complete the sentence: My dad is the ____person in our family.
A: taller
B: most taller
C: tallest
C: tallest
What is the author's purpose for "The 3 Little Pigs"?
A: Inform
B: Persuade
C: Entertain
C: Entertain
Please instruct your brother to behave before he gets in trouble. Instruct means:
A: allow
B: change
C: order
C: order
To put events in order:
A: compare
B: effect
C: sequence
C: sequence
CAUSE: I didn't get up for school on time.
Effect:
A: I was late to class
B: I ate lunch
C: my alarm didn't go off
A: I was late to class
Which of these is a COMPLETE sentence?
A: A big brown dog.
B: A dog barked.
C: When my dog barks all night.
B: A dog barked.
What is the author's purpose of a Elementary Math Textbook?
A: Inform
B: Persuade
C: Entertain
A: Inform
What is an antonym for the word HEAVY?
A: bright
B: large
C: light
C: light
A true story full of facts and information:
A: Fiction
B: Non-Fiction
C: Poetry
B: Non-Fiction
How would I compare apples and bananas?
A: tell how they are alike
B: tell how they are different
A: tell how they are alike
Choose the correct word for this sentence:
____ in fifth grade this year.
A: Your
B: You're
B: You're
What is the purpose of a billboard advertising McDonald's newest burger?
A: Inform
B: Persuade
C: Entertain
B: Persuade
Name a synonym for RESOLUTION? Example: We found a resolution to the problem.
A: solution
B: character
C: action
A: solution
What is realistic fiction?
A: a true story
B: a story about someone
C: a made up story that sounds true
C: a made up story that sounds true
Where a story unfolds and the time it takes place is called:
A: theme
B: action
C: setting
C: setting
Choose the correct word: We missed the ballgame because we were ___ late.
A: too
B: two
C: to
A: too
What 3 things serve as the author's purpose?
With her knife, she inscribed her name on a piece of wood. Inscribed means:
A: sang
B: wished
C: carved
C: carved
What is a main idea?
A: the details from the story
B: what the story is mostly about
C: the beginning, middle, and end
B: what the story is mostly about
Cause: Max ate too many marshmallows.
Effect:
A: He fell and scraped his knee.
B: He got a tummy ache.
C: He played in the mud.
B: He got a tummy ache.
Choose the correct word: ___ going to be a great year!
A: It's
B: Its
A: It's