Author's Purpose

Links verified on 3/12/11

1. Author's Point of View - Read the stories and determine the author's purpose.
2. Author's Purpose - Read each paragraph and decide the author's purpose.
3. Author's Purpose: Battleship - Answer the questions correctly and try to sink your opponent's ship.
4. Author's Purpose in a Paragraph - Read each paragraph and answer the questions on the purpose.
5. Author's Write for a Purpose - Read each passage and determine what the author's purpose was for writing the passage.
6. Determine the Author's Purpose - A variety of activities designed to help you determine the author's purpose. Follow the directions on each screen and complete the activities.
7. Fact/Opinion/Habit - What's the purpose to each question? Select the answer choice that best fits.
8. Identify the Purpose - Identify the author's purpose in each piece.
9. Inform/Entertain/Persuade - Choose the purpose for each question: to inform, to entertain or to persuade. Self checking quiz.
10. Reading for a Purpose - Numerous exercises and quizzes on determining the author's purpose.
11. Types of Text - Interactive game to help you recognize different types of texts and why they were written.
12. Types of Text - Three interactive quizzes to help you recognize different types of texts and why they were written; each level is harder than the last one.
13. Writing to Evaluate - What is being evaluated in each paragraph? After reviewing the lesson, click on "Want to play a game" to play a matching game.