IREAD Purpose 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student reads a poster that says 'Wash Your Hands to Stop Germs!' What is the author's main purpose for creating this poster?
- To entertain readers with a funny rhyme
- To persuade readers to wash their hands (Correct answer)
- To explain how germs were discovered
- To describe what hands look like under a microscope
Correct answer: To persuade readers to wash their hands
The poster uses a command and reason to convince readers to take a health action, which is persuasion.
Question 2: An author writes a book called 'The Amazing Life of Ants.' What is the most likely purpose of this book?
- To persuade readers to keep ants as pets
- To tell a made-up story about talking ants
- To inform readers about how ants live (Correct answer)
- To entertain readers with ant jokes
Correct answer: To inform readers about how ants live
A book about real animal behavior is written to give readers factual information, so the purpose is to inform.
Question 3: A story describes a dragon who is afraid of fire. The story is funny and has a happy ending. What is the author's purpose?
- To inform readers about real dragons
- To persuade readers that dragons are dangerous
- To entertain readers with a humorous fantasy story (Correct answer)
- To explain where dragons come from
Correct answer: To entertain readers with a humorous fantasy story
A funny fantasy story with a happy ending is written mainly to entertain the reader.
Question 4: A magazine article lists five reasons why every school should have a library. What is the author's purpose?
- To tell a story about a student who loves books
- To describe what a library looks like inside
- To persuade readers that school libraries are important (Correct answer)
- To entertain readers with library jokes
Correct answer: To persuade readers that school libraries are important
Listing reasons to support an idea is a strategy used to persuade readers.
Question 5: Which clue best helps a reader identify that a text's purpose is to inform?
- The text includes a main character and a problem to solve
- The text uses facts, diagrams, and headings (Correct answer)
- The text asks readers to sign a petition
- The text ends with a funny punchline
Correct answer: The text uses facts, diagrams, and headings
Facts, diagrams, and headings are features of informational text meant to teach readers.
Question 6: A letter to a newspaper says, 'Our neighborhood park needs new playground equipment. Please support the park fund!' What is the writer's purpose?
- To entertain neighbors with park stories
- To inform readers about the history of the park
- To persuade readers to support the park fund (Correct answer)
- To describe the old playground equipment
Correct answer: To persuade readers to support the park fund
The letter asks readers to take action by supporting a fund, which is a persuasive purpose.
Question 7: A poem describes the sound of rain tapping on a window and uses rhyming words. What is the author's most likely purpose?
- To persuade readers to stay inside during rain
- To entertain readers with enjoyable language and imagery (Correct answer)
- To explain the science of how rain forms
- To inform readers about rain safety rules
Correct answer: To entertain readers with enjoyable language and imagery
Poetry with imagery and rhyme is created primarily to entertain and delight the reader.
IREAD Purpose 2
A student reads a poster that says 'Wash Your Hands to Stop Germs!' What is the author's main purpose for creating this poster?