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| I used to have a kitten like that when I was a child |
6. Match the people in
these situations with the notices they wrote
A)◻
FOR SALE
Black &
white kitten
£5
Ring 37654
B)◻
WANTED
Kitten
Will pay up to
£5
Te. 87793
C)◻
LOST
Black and white
kitten
£5 reward
Phone: 87431
D)◻
FOUND
Last Friday
Black &
white kitten
Phone: 33927
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| I want to write a novel 7. |
7. Read this passage and then aswer the question below:
Author’s
Purpose Have you ever wondered why authors write?
Sometimes
they are inspired to create stories. Other times they write to provide
information about an interesting topic. Some authors write to convince us about
something. Whatever the circumstances, authors have reasons for writing; this
is called, the “author’s purpose.” The three most common types of author’s
purpose are: to entertain, to inform, and to persuade.
Think
about the last time a story made you laugh, cry, or tremble with fright. These
types of stories are written with a particular purpose in mind: to entertain
the reader. Authors write many kinds of stories to entertain, including
humorous fiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, fairytales, and fables. While
fiction entertains, non-fiction has a different purpose. Many non-fiction
writings or texts are written with the purpose of giving information about an
interesting topic.
Authors
who write to inform must research their subject to ensure that they convey
accurate information to the reader. Some examples of texts that inform are
encyclopedia entries, news articles, expository non-fiction books, and
interviews. All of these types of writing give information about certain
topics. Sometimes authors write because they want to convince their readers
about something. This is called argumentative, or persuasive, writing.
Oftentimes, texts that are meant to persuade use specific techniques to make
the reader care about the subject, and to think about it in a certain way.
These techniques might be found in letters to the editor, argumentative essays,
or persuasive speeches.
Next
time you read a text, see if you can figure what the author is trying to tell
you. It might be easier than you think. Just ask yourself: what is the author’s
purpose?
1) Which of the following is most likely the
title of a passage in which the author’s purpose is to entertain?
A. Why
Dogs are Smarter than Cats
B. An
Interview with J.K. Rowling
C. The
Adventures of Waldo Wizard
D. An
Argument for Shorter Classes
2)
According to the passage, authors who write to inform want to
A. provide information about a certain topic
B. make the reader laugh, cry, or scream
C.
convince the reader to do something
D.
invite the reader to critique their work
3) The
author’s purpose in writing this passage is
A. to
persuade
B. to
convince
C. to
entertain
D. to
inform
4)
Based on its use in paragraph 3, it can be understood that the word convey
belongs to which of the following word groups?
A.
document, chronicle, note
B.
communicate, pass on, relay
C.
hide, obscure, cover
D.
detect, locate, discover
5)
Imagine that Bill’s favorite thing to read is the “Letters to the Editor”
section of his local newspaper, in which readers submit letters to the editor
that are intended to make the editor think about something in a certain way.
Using the information in the passage, it can be understood that Bill likes to
read passages whose authors' purpose is to
A.
correct the other doctors’ mistakes
B. let
everyone use the system she created
C.
keep trying until she found something that worked
D.
question the accepted way of doing things
6)
According to the passage, texts that are meant to persuade often
A. do
not get as much attention as texts that entertain or inform
B. are
very entertaining because they convince readers to laugh
C. use
specific techniques to make the reader care about the subject
D.
require a lot of research in order to ensure accuracy of information
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