Author's Purpose worksheet for students to categorize text examples into persuasive, entertaining, and informative/explanatory types.

A worksheet titled "Author's Purpose" with three columns labeled "Persuade," "Entertain," and "Inform/Explain," each containing illustrations and examples. Below, a section instructs to cut out and glue text snippets into the appropriate columns. The text snippets include phrases like "Steven ran quickly down the hill and jumped into the mud puddle" and "Arctic foxes can live in dens under the snow." The worksheet is from LiveWorksheets.