4.10 Explain The Difference Between A Stated & Implied Purpose For An Expository Text
Quiz by Texas Education Agency
Grade 4
ELAR (2009)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
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- Q1The author wrote this selection most likely to —encourage readers to investigate the activities of squirrelstell readers about a special squirrel and its dietinform readers of the differences between squirrels and snakesexplain efforts to understand an unusual squirrel behavior60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q2The purpose of this selection is to —compare octopuses with other animals that are also tool usersprovide readers with facts about the intelligence of octopusesdescribe an octopus that was hiding in a coconut shellencourage readers to learn more about interesting sea creatures60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q3The purpose of this selection is mainly to —offer the reasons why people have trouble identifying frog callsexplain how frogs use their calls to keep themselves safelist the reasons that frog calls differ between speciesdescribe several ways that scientists study frog calls60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q4Why does the author include the information in paragraph 1?To describe where the events occurredTo present a problem that needed to be solvedTo suggest a place to visitTo define an unfamiliar word60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q5The author wrote this selection mainly to —describe different kinds of sandcastlesprovide the history of sandcastle buildingtell about some famous sandcastle buildersexplain how to construct a sandcastle successfully60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q6The main purpose of this selection is to —describe how puppies learned to play a human sportcompare football players with puppiespersuade the reader to adopt a pet from an animal shelterprovide facts about a popular animal show60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q7Why did the author include the information in paragraph 4?To reveal what information can be found on Dylan and Jonah’s websiteTo explain how so many people heard about Dylan’s missionTo tell why the two friends were asked to be on TV showsTo describe a place Dylan got to visit because of the book60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q8The author wrote this article most likely to —inform the reader about the special work of an unusual dogteach the reader how to train dogs to surfexplain to the reader how a dog becomes a service animalconvince the reader to support the work that dogs do for others60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q9The author included paragraph 4 of the selection to —explain what Confetti does when she is not workingdemonstrate that Confetti is a friendly guide horsedescribe what Confetti’s life is like with Spencershow that Confetti is able to take care of herself60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History
- Q10The author includes paragraph 6 most likely to —describe different reasons that people like papel picadoexplain how a problem with papel picado has been solvedtell the reader where to find the materials needed to create papel picadoinform the reader of places where papel picado should not be displayed60s4.10: Reading - Comprehension of Informational Text - Culture and History