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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Author's Purpose
Level: Grade 7
Score: 6
Tags: Author's Purpose, ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6
Author: Ronica
Last Modified: 10 years ago

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Grade 7 Author's Purpose

The purple aliens landed with a crash and a boom. The residents of the small Iowa town ran in all directions as the multi-fingered creatures got off their spaceship. They landed right in front of the local cell phone store and appeared to be eager to check out Earth's communication technology. Fortunately, the salesman kept his head and showed the aliens many kinds of cell phones. The friendly purple creatures soon discovered that cell phones were cool. And lo and behold, the salesman had never seen anyone learn how to text so quickly. Maybe friendly aliens would do well on Earth after all.

What is the author's purpose?
  1. To inform
  2. To express personal feelings
  3. To persuade
  4. To entertain