Name: Author’s Purpose Activity Directions: Read the descriptions of each item and determine the author's main purpose (to entertain, persuade, or inform). Then, in a sentence or two, explain your answer. 1. Astory about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s Author's Purpose: Explain Your Answer: 2. Asection in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s Author's Purpos: Explain Your Answer: Wt a eerence oro. 3. An instructional booklet describing how to operate a smart phone Author's Purpose: Explain Your Answer: _ Vint sentence oe two, 4, An article where the author argues that an iPhone is better than an Android phone Author's Purpose: Expiain Your Answer: Wea eenenoe oro. 5. A poem about why the iPhone is the greatest consumer electronic device ever made Author’s Purpose: | Explain Your Answer: Wirte a sentence or two,6. The story of a young athlete who takes steroids and his life and future fall apart Author's Purpose: Explain Your Answer: Wie a sonence ore 7. Amedical report describing the effects of steroids on the human body Author's Purpose: Explain Your Answer: 8. Asspeech written by a professional athlete listing the negative effects of steroids and urging young athletes to not use steroids Author's Purpose: Explain Your Answer: Wirt a sentence oro, 9. A booklet containing the school rules and the consequences for violating those rules Author's Purpose’ Explain Your Answer: Wb senanoe oro. 10. Astory written about a young boy who moves to a new school and is bullied, but he gains self-confidence by joining a sports team and learns to stand up for himself. Author's Purpose: Expiain Your Answer: Vine sertance oto.Name: Context Clues 1.2 Directions: read each sentence and determine the meaning of the word using cross sentence clues or your prior knowledge. Then, explain what clues in the sentence helped you determine the word meaning. 1. Confiscate: Joanne’s mother came up to the school to get the cell phone the teacher had confiscated. Definition: ‘What cues inthe sentence lead you to your definition? 2. Obedient: Unlike her older brother Jerome, who stayed out all hours of the night, Kate obediently followed the curfew her parents set. Definition: [ What clues i he sentence Tad you to your definition? 3. Consume: John was so hungry that he consumed the cranberry muffin and went back for a donut. Definition: ‘What clues iv the sentence lead you to your definition? 4, Coax: After the bird escaped, Chris tried to coax it back into the cage with treats, Definition: ‘What clues inthe sentence lead you to your definition? 5. Peculiar: Since it was a school day, Denise thought it was peculiar that she saw no children on the street during her drive to work. Definition: _ ‘What cles i te sentence Teed you to your definition? 6. Outcast: Ifa wolf refuses to help its pack hunt, it becomes an outcast and must go on alone, Definition: ‘What clues inthe sentence lead you to your definition?7. Discard: Dad had no need for the broken air conditioner, so he discarded it on the comer by the trash, Definition: ‘Wat cles nthe sentenesTead you to your deiition? 8. Content: While others eat eggs, pancakes, and bacon for breakfast, Mike was content with a piece of toast and a glass of orange juice. Definition: ‘What clues ia the sentence lead you to your definition? 9. Fortunate: Because he had such good friends and family, Malcolm considered himself fortunate. Definitior ‘What clues inthe sentence lead you To your definition? 10. Observe: The teacher stopped the students after she observed them wrestling. Definition: ‘What clucs inthe sentence lead you to your de 11. Brilliant: Vince had to put his sunglasses on because the rays of the sun were so brilliant. Definition: ‘What classi the sentence lead you to your definition? 12, Murmur: On the way to her room after just having been grounded, Tammy murmured something under her breath. Definition: ‘What cies i the sentence Tead you To your definition? Bonus: Define each of the words on a separate sheet of paper to check your answers, Attach your sheet,