Reading Comprehension Skills & Strategies - Level 3

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Na m e : ___ Date: _


Directions: Read each paragraph. Then decide if the author’s purpose is to
entertain, inform, or persuade.

Do you know what these words mean? Entertain
means for fun. Inform means to teach. Persuade
means to change your opinion.


  1. The Woodland Indians were known for making pottery from clay. They
    decorated them with paints they made by grinding vegetables or minerals.
    They used a rabbit’s tail for a brush. Then, they baked the pots in either a
    charcoal oven or over burning sticks of wood, so they wouldn’t crack.


This paragraph is meant to _________________________ the reader.


  1. In social studies today, we read about the Woodland Indians. Our entire
    class made charms to protect themselves against diseases, enemies, and evil
    spirits, just like the Woodland Indians used to. As a class, we decided we
    didn’t want to be sick or haunted, so we gathered many shells and animal
    teeth. Do you want me to make a charm for you, too?


This paragraph is meant to __________________________ the reader.


  1. One time an Indian bragged about being the “Master of Creation”. The
    other Woodland Indian thought he was lying, so he challenged the Master
    of Creation to a strength test. His test was to make the Earth shake. The
    Master of Creation made a mountain move, and it accidentally hit the
    other Indian in the face! From that day on,
    the hurt Indian was known as “Old
    Broken Nose”.


This paragraph is meant to

________________________ the reader.
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