Directions: Analyze the statements below, identify the purpose of the author if it is to inform, to persuade or to entertain. Choose the letter of the correct answer 1. The death penalty is a good deterrent for criminals. Beyond that, it is fair because the Bible supports “an eye for an eye”. We need to keep the death penalty on the books.

A. TO INFORM B. TO PERSUADE C. TO ENTERTAIN D. NONE OF THE AVOVE

2. When I saw my sister Delia, beating my dog with a stick, I felt hate heave like a caged angry beast in my chest. Out in the sun, the hair of my sister glinted like metal and, in her brown dress, she looked like a sheathed dagger. Biryuk hugged the earth and screamed but I could not bount forward not cry out to my sister.

A. TO INFORM B. TO PERSUADE C. TO ENTERTAIN D. NONE OF THE AVOVE
3. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin to Charles and Caroline Ingalls. She met and married Almanzo James Wilder in. She published many books based on her travels to the west. Her writing the basis for the " Little House" series She died in 1957.
A. TO INFORM B. TO PERSUADE C. TO ENTERTAIN D. NONE OF THE AVOVE
4. Mandatory minimum sentencing is harmful to the human race. It is a form of discrimination; many people receive long sentences for minor crimes. We should overturn mandatory minimum sentencing rules and give judges more leeway in their decision-making.

A. TO INFORM B. TO PERSUADE C. TO ENTERTAIN D. NONE OF THE AVOVE
5. Thomas was not happy one little bit. His sister, Susan was making honor roll again. His parents would allow her to do anything she wanted to do. Thomas was not making honor roll this time and he was not going to be allowed to do all the things he wanted to do. Poor Thomas! He would just have to study harder and get back on the honor roll.

A. TO INFORM B. TO PERSUADE C. TO ENTERTAIN D. NONE OF THE AVOVE