Purpose Flashcards

A third-grade student writes a story about a rabbit who learns to share. What is the student's most likely purpose for writing this story?

Answer: To entertain readers while sharing a lesson about sharing

A fiction story with a moral lesson is written to entertain while teaching a value.

An author writes 'You should eat more vegetables because they give you energy and keep you healthy.' What is the author's purpose?

Answer: To persuade readers to eat more vegetables

Using 'you should' and giving health reasons shows the author wants to convince readers to change their behavior.

A text titled 'How Volcanoes Form' includes labeled diagrams and numbered steps. What is the author's purpose?

Answer: To inform readers about how volcanoes are created

Diagrams and numbered steps are informational text features used to explain a topic clearly.

A book review says a story 'made readers laugh on every page.' What does this suggest about the author's purpose?

Answer: The author's purpose was to entertain

Making readers laugh is a sign that the author's main purpose was to entertain.

Which type of writing would MOST LIKELY have the purpose of persuading?

Answer: A letter asking the city to add more bike lanes

A letter requesting a change from city leaders is written to persuade decision-makers to take action.

A passage explains that Indiana's state bird is the cardinal and describes where cardinals live. What is the author's purpose?

Answer: To inform readers about the cardinal and its habitat

Describing a real animal's characteristics and habitat is the purpose of informational writing.

An author ends a story with, 'And they all lived happily ever after.' This ending is a clue that the author's purpose was to —

Answer: entertain readers with a fairy tale

'Happily ever after' is a classic fairy tale ending, signaling that the purpose was to entertain.