Author's Purpose
Is the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain?
A note written by a young girl asking her ex-boyfriend to forgive her.
What is persuade?
Complete the sentence with the correct conjunction. (BECAUSE, FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO)
My bedroom is clean, ___________ my bathroom is a mess.
What is but?
Read each question carefully. Next, read the incomplete answer. Then, fix the answer by responding in a complete sentence by echoing back the question.
Why was Lara angry?
Incomplete answer: because her friend teased her.
Complete answer:
What is Lara was angry because her friend teased her?
Tell which part of the sentence is italicized (who, what, when, where, why, how).
Ella baked a cake for her mother’s birthday party.
What is what?
Is the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain?
A recipe for making potato pancakes
What is inform?
Complete the sentence with the correct conjunction. (BECAUSE, FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO)
He eats oatmeal _______________________grits every day for breakfast.
What is and?
Read each question carefully. Next, read the incomplete answer. Then, fix the answer by responding in a complete sentence by echoing back the question.
What season is it?
Incomplete answer: winter
Complete answer:
What is The current season is winter?
Tell which part of the sentence is italicized (who, what, when, where, why, how).
Steven and Mark went to Applebees for dinner to celebrate Steven’s new job.
What is why?
Is the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain?
The lyrics to a Taylor Swift song
What is entertain?
Complete the sentence with the correct conjunction. (BECAUSE, FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO)
Should I eat cake for dinner, __________ should I eat ice cream?
What is or?
Read each question carefully. Next, read the incomplete answer. Then, fix the answer by responding in a complete sentence by echoing back the question.
How many sisters does Dylan have?
Incomplete answer: three sisters
Complete answer:
What is Dylan has three sisters?
Tell which part of the sentence is italicized (who, what, when, where, why, how).
Joseph earned an excellent grade on the quiz by studying for 4 nights beforehand.
What is how?
Is the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain?
The warnings on a bottle of Tylenol
What is inform?
Complete the sentence with the correct conjunction. (BECAUSE, FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO)
I am very busy, _________ I have a lot of work to do.
What is for?
What is because?
*Both are acceptable answers
Read each question carefully. Next, read the incomplete answer. Then, fix the answer by responding in a complete sentence by echoing back the question.
What do you predict will happen next?
Incomplete answer: she will win the race.
Complete answer:
What is I predict that she will win the race next?
Expand the following sentence:
Her mother yelled
Why:
Where:
How:
When:
Complete sentence:
Answers will vary.
Example: Yesterday at the park her mother yelled angrily because her sons refused to leave.
Is the author's purpose to persuade, inform, or entertain?
A mailing from the American Cancer Society asking for donations to help fight cancer
What is persuade?
Complete the sentence with the correct conjunction. (BECAUSE, FOR, AND, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SO)
We walked to school this morning _________ we could get exercise.
What is so?
Read each question carefully. Next, read the incomplete answer. Then, fix the answer by responding in a complete sentence by echoing back the question.
What did you do this weekend?
Incomplete answer: I went to the mall and out to dinner with friends.
Complete answer:
What is This weekend I went to the mall and out to dinner with friends.
Expand the following sentence:
The puppy yelped
Two descriptive words:
Why:
Where:
How:
When:
Complete sentence:
Answers will vary.
Example: The tiny, brown puppy yelped in the backyard yesterday after her paw was stuck in the fence.