Name: ________________________
Author’s Purpose Project
Text Book Scavenger Hunt

Directions:  Hunt through your text book to find the following…

3 examples of writing to persuade
5 examples of writing to inform
7 examples of writing to entertain	

7 examples of writing to entertain from your textbook

1. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to entertain? _____________________________

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2. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to entertain? _____________________________

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3. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to entertain? _____________________________

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4. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to entertain? _____________________________

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5. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to entertain? _____________________________

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6. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to entertain? _____________________________

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7. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to entertain? _____________________________

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5 examples of writing to inform

1. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to inform? _______________________________

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2. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to inform? _______________________________

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3. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to inform? _______________________________

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4. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to inform? _______________________________

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5. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to inform? _______________________________

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3 examples of writing to persuade

1. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to persuade? _____________________________

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2. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to persuade? _____________________________

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3. Name of the Work: ____________________________________________________________

Page Number: ________________________	     Author’s Name: __________________________

How do you know that the author’s purpose is to persuade? _____________________________

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