Author's Purpose and Text Structure
Grade 3 - Reading - On Level
Read "The Tide Pool Note": At low tide, Leila sketched a pool that held snails, seaweed, and one small crab. She wrote the time beside her drawing because the water would return later. By afternoon, waves covered the pool and the crab was hidden again. What is the author's purpose?
- to describe how an observation can change with time
- Crabs are the funniest tide-pool animals.
- to ask the reader for money
- to list unrelated facts
Which clue from "The Broken Sundial" supports the author's purpose?
- The guide wants to remove every outdoor exhibit.
- Sundials are more useful than all modern clocks.
- The stone base had shifted after workers repaired the path.
- Chen replaced the museum's electric clocks.
Which text structure best describes how "The Weather Journal" is organized?
- list of unrelated facts
- question and answer
- alphabetical order
- cause and effect
Which pair shows a cause-effect connection that shapes "The Classroom Debate"?
- The class canceled reward time for the month. -> Outdoor reward time is the only fair choice.
- Nora and Diego -> a classroom meeting
- The class held a debate and voted. -> Students had two different reward-time suggestions.
- Students had two different reward-time suggestions. -> The class held a debate and voted.
Which purpose does not fit "The Bridge Revision"?
- to show how evidence can guide a design revision
- to tell about an event in the passage
- to share details from the text
- to give directions for cooking a meal
Read "The Weather Journal": For two weeks, Asha recorded the temperature before recess and drew a symbol for the sky. She noticed that cloudy mornings often became cooler afternoons. Her chart helped the class decide when jackets were needed. What is the author's purpose?
- to list unrelated facts
- to inform readers about using observations to find weather patterns
- to hide the main idea
- to ask the reader for money
Which clue from "The Bridge Revision" supports the author's purpose?
- She added two folded braces underneath the bridge.
- Cardboard bridges are the best engineering project.
- Talia painted a mural on the classroom wall.
- The passage has no clues.
Which text structure best describes how "The Seed Library" is organized?
- list of unrelated facts
- question and answer
- compare and contrast
- sequence of events
Which pair shows a cause-effect connection that shapes "The Tide Pool Note"?
- Leila collected the crab and took it home. -> Crabs are the funniest tide-pool animals.
- No details are connected.
- The tide came back in during the afternoon. -> Waves covered the pool and hid the crab.
- Waves covered the pool and hid the crab. -> The tide came back in during the afternoon.
Which purpose does not fit "The Night Hike"?
- to help the reader understand the topic
- to tell how a hiker follows rules that protect wildlife
- to share details from the text
- to give directions for cooking a meal