Name: ______________________________
Author’s Purpose Worksheet 6

Directions: read the description, determine the author’s purpose, and then explain your answer.

1.  A handbook teaching people how to negotiate

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.

2.  A public service announcement telling kids to stay in school

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.

3. A menu for a local pizzeria listing the sizes and prices of pizzas and available toppings

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.

4.  A song about pizza by popular music artist, Miss Directed 

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.

5.  The track listing to Miss Directed’s album, I Want Pizza, which shows the order, length, and producer of each song

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.

6.  A radio commercial script calling Miss Directed’s new album, “The soundtrack of our lives.”

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.

7.  A pie graph showing how many pies were sold in each flavor during November last year

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.

8.  A children’s book about a cherry pie and an apple pie that overcome their differences to become good friends

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.

9.  A bookmark by the American Dairy Association listing 10 reasons to drink milk

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.

10.  A Sunday comic strip that tackles serious issues like immigration and health care

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.

11.  A cell phone application that suggests dozens of recipes based on what ingredients you have

Author’s Purpose: 
 (to inform, persuade, or entertain) ___________________________________________________________

How do you know?  Write a sentence explaining your answer.