Author's Purpose
A research paper is published to provide groundbreaking work that finally, definitively answers the age-old question: what started the universe?
a. persuade
b. entertain
c. inform
c. inform
Poe's biography article that we read together
a. description
b. cause/effect
c. problem/solution
d. sequence
e. compare/contrast
a. description
I wanted to just set the table and be done with it, but my mother scrupulously arranged each napkin, dish, and utensil until they were in perfect alignment.
a. careful, thorough
b. timid, reserved
c. excited, joyful
d. distressed, upset
a. careful, thorough
What is a theme of a story?
A lesson we can learn from the plot or the characters
married his 13 yr old cousin at 26.
Poe
A fictional short story is written to explore the human themes of love, loss, and betrayal.
a. persuade
b. entertain
c. inform
b. entertain
A novel that tells the tale of a young man's journey to find himself in the big world. We start the story when he is a boy, and it ends with him as an old man.
a. description
b. cause/effect
c. problem/solution
d. sequence
e. compare/contrast
d. sequence
The clues in the sentence were so helpful, the boy was able to ascertain the meaning of the word beyond a shadow of a doubt.
a. reject
b. gain
c. discover
d. forget
c. discover
"He began thinking that Alex was the murderer. Little did he know that Alex was thinking the same thing about him..."
a. 1st person
b. 2nd person
c. 3rd person omniscient
d. 3rd person limited
c. 3rd person omniscient
killed his wife and hid her body
Black Cat Narrator
Many arguments have been made over the influence of social media on teens' mental health. This article takes the stance that all social media should be banned because it increases cortisol levels in the brain and often contributes to physical violence.
a. persuade
b. entertain
c. inform
a. persuade
An article is written to explore the harmful effects of greenhouse gases and provides information on what causes it, its negative effects, and what we can do to fix it.
a. description
b. cause/effect
c. problem/solution
d. sequence
e. compare/contrast
c. problem/solution
After Brian broke Darcy’s heart again, he will have to make some serious amends to his behavior if he ever wants to win her back.
a. apologies
b. changes
c. considerations
d. therapy
b. changes
A man must choose between following his government or his heart.
Person vs...
self
was an alcoholic
both
A news outlet hosts a guest speaker who is there to speak about what we should want in a new president. This guest speaker says only good things about a Republican candidate and speaks negatively about the Democrat candidate.
a. persuade
b. entertain
c. inform
a. persuade
A history textbook explores why World War 1 happened and how it eventually led to World War 2.
a. description
b. cause/effect
c. problem/solution
d. sequence
e. compare/contrast
b. cause/effect
When the other moms heard about how Charlene had won the baking contest, her email box was flooded with inquiries for her award winning muffin recipe.
a. questions
b. orders
c. feedback
d. posts
a. questions
During what part of a plot graph (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) do we discuss the setting of a story?
exposition
tortured a cat
The Black Cat Narrator
A tutorial article is written that gives instructions on how to build a model aircraft.
a. persuade
b. entertain
c. inform
An essay prompt tells students to read two sides of an argument about the school year schedule and then give their own thoughts. One side of the argument gives reasons why the school year should be year round, but have shorter days. The other side gives reasons why the school year should stay the same. Information in the reading passage is also given that shows how both plans would keep core school values at their center, such as school safety.
a. description
b. cause/effect
c. problem/solution
d. sequence
e. compare/contrast
e. compare/contrast
With the field torn up by the players’ cleats, and the cold rain falling in waves, conditions on the playing field were dismal.
a. cold
b. wet
c. challenging
d. awful
d. awful
The feeling that an author projects to the reader using descriptive words.
tone or mood?
tone
was found in a ditch and later died in a hospital
Poe