KIDS QUIZ
FAMOUS AUTHORS AND THEIR BOOKS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to tell a story about a boy who worked hard
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to teach how to play basketball
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to persuade you to try out for the basketball team
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to explain the rules of basketball
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Detailed explanation-1: -THE AUTHOR’S PURPOSE 2: TO INFORM Informational texts impart information to the reader to educate them on a given topic. Examples: Many types of school books are written with the express purpose of informing the reader, such as encyclopedias, recipe books, newspapers and these informative texts…
Detailed explanation-2: -An author’s purpose is his or her reason for creating a particular work. Can a piece of writing have more than one author’s purpose?, a piece of writing can have more than one author’s purpose. For example, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s author’s purposes are to entertain and to inform.
Detailed explanation-3: -The purpose of a text: The purpose of a is the author’s aim or intention in terms of the writing of a text. Questions that can assist you in determining the purpose of a text include questions such as, “What is the author attempting to do by writing this text?” and “Why did the author write this text?"