Tell, Show and Share: The Author's Purpose
Questions:
5
Grade:
2
Words:
47
One sunny day, three friends - Tell, Show, and Share wrote storybooks. Tell loved to teach about stars. Show made a funny circus story to entertain. Share shared a story about kindness. So, an author's purpose can be to teach, to entertain, or to share a lesson.
Question 1
What did Tell love to write about in his storybook?
A
Circus
B
Kindness
C
Stars
Explanation. Tell loved to teach about stars in his storybook.
D
Animals
E
Sports
Question 2
What was the purpose of Show's story?
A
To teach
B
To entertain
Explanation. Show made a funny circus story to entertain.
C
To share a lesson
D
To inform
E
To argue
Question 3
What lesson did Share share in his story?
A
Anger
B
Joy
C
Kindness
Explanation. Share shared a story about kindness.
D
Sadness
E
Excitement
Question 4
What can be an author's purpose based on the friends' stories?
A
To argue
B
To instruct
C
To entertain
Explanation. An author's purpose can be to teach, to entertain, or to share a lesson.
D
To criticize
E
To confuse
Question 5
Who wrote a story to teach?
A
Show
B
Share
C
Tell
Explanation. Tell loved to teach about stars in his storybook.
D
None of them
E
All of them
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Assign the ReadTheory pretest to determine students' reading levels.
