Search Printable Author's Purpose in Fiction Worksheets

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

Authors persuade, inform, and entertain through various types of writing! Students set out to identify the author’s purpose.

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Students read and analyze an excerpt from E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel, The Railway Children, in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

All authors write for a reason, be it to explain, entertain, or persuade their readers. In this activity, your students will consider the author’s purpose of a book of their choosing, then justify their answer.

Help your child learn about sensory language as they write a 5-senses poem.

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun language and vocabulary worksheet.

Similes are all around us—sometimes you just need a little context to know how to decipher them! This lighthearted story about a twisted ankle contains two hidden similes. Can your students find them?

Your students will love reading this classic fable as they seek to determine the author’s purpose and differentiate fiction from nonfiction.

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

Students will read an adaptation of the classic story "The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen. Then they'll seek to determine the author’s purpose and explain their reasoning.

Differentiating between facts and opinions is a key fourth grade skill to master and is helpful in identifying the author’s purpose in a text. Use this activity to give your students extra practice differentiating between these two kinds of sentences.

Students will identify the author’s purpose and strengthen their reading comprehension with the questions that follow the text.

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.

Get your students moving with this interactive sorting game!

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right mnemonic device!

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.