Fiction Common Core Author's Purpose Worksheets

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

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

Identifying the author’s purpose is as easy as P-I-E with the right 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.

Learners will review a definition for each type of author's purpose, then sort nine sentences according to these criteria.

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

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.

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

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

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

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

Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.

Challenge your students to consider the author's intention of a piece of writing. Ask your students to read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If-" and answer the questions about the author's intent.

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

When writing a story, adjectives make the story more colorful. This worksheet trains students to enhance sentences by adding descriptive adjectives to their writing.

Get your students moving with this interactive sorting game!

Use this worksheet to help students identify personified nouns and their respective verbs.

Authors use sensory language to make their writing more descriptive. Have your students consider the words authors use to create specific moods in this fun pumpkin-themed worksheet!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: The Purpose of Fiction Texts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Describe Sensory Details.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Using Picture Walks to Examine the Author's Purpose.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Poetic Personification.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Alliteration Accessible.

This graphic organizer helps your students examine descriptive adjectives and nouns.

Read and analyze an excerpt adapted from “The Wreck of the Golden Mary” by Charles Dickens with this reading comprehension worksheet!