Author's Purpose

Master author's purpose with fun 2nd-grade worksheets!

Put your name in the box below: Use the passage to answer the following questions. What is this passage mostly about? Things you can do over summer break. How to make a paper airplane. Describing what you can do with a paper airplane. What is one detail from the passage that supports the main topic? What is the author's main purpose for writing this article? Telling you what you can do over the summer. Telling you how to fly a paper airplane. Telling you how to make a paper airplane. How did the author set up the article to support the main purpose? The author explained how to do something. The author described what something looked like. The author answered a question about the main topic. Which statement would the author agree with? Blue airplanes fly better than green airplanes. You should fly paper airplanes in class. Paper airplanes are a fun activity you can do with few supplies. Use this passage to answer the following questions. What is this article mostly about? What the Grand Canyon looks like. What you can do at the Grand Canyon. How to make the Grand Canyon. What is one key detail from the article that supports the main topic? What is the author's purpose for writing this article? Telling you how to make the Grand Canyon. Telling you what the Grand Canyon looks like. Telling you what you can do at the Grand Canyon. How did the author set up the article to support the main purpose? Describing characteristics about the main topic. Explaining how to do something. Answering a question about the main topic.