This quiz and corresponding worksheet gauge your understanding of authors purpose. Authors purpose quiz 2 here are fifteen more multiple choice problems about authors. Authors purpose quiz by the art of learning teachers. An author writes with one of four general purposes in mind. This lesson will be taught tuesday, november, 2007. I use old school scantron documents to conduct these quizzes, but feel free to modify this as desired. Your three options are persuade, inform, or entertain. Free authors purpose lessons, activities, worksheets, quizzes, and more.
Reading tests is the authors purpose and point of view. An encyclopedia entry about endangered animals and efforts to protect them. Authors purpose quiz fifteen questions testing students ability to identify the authors purpose in a variety of texts. To relate a story or to recount events, an author uses narrative writing. Technology the hightech world of clocks and schedules, computers and programs was supposed to free us from a life of toil and deprivation, yet with each passing day the human race becomes more enslaved, exploited, and victimized. Read the description of each text and identify the main purpose of the author. Read passages and write authors purpose activity master c.
Read the selection, and then answer the questions that follow. Authors purpose quiz fifteen questions testing students. Read each paragraph and then decide the authors purpose for writing. If you do not read through the key points for that day or pay attention in class, then you will not pass this quiz or the next progress check in class. Answer key included please feel free to edit and use for your own personal use. Purpose is the reason an author writes about a topic. An article about why people should always pay their taxes. The practice questions assess your knowledge by asking you to identify the authors. A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not litter. Failing this quiz will significantly affect your grade for this english language arts class. What was the authors purpose for writing the above passage. This assessment could be used before a unit, during, or after on authors purpose.
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