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10 - Author’s Purpose
By Dayna Cantu
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Question 7
7.
Why did the author write this passage?
Use evidence from the passage to support your answer.
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Question 1
1.
Part A
What is the author’s perspective toward Philo Farnsworth?
A. He is a famous inventor.
B. He is an important inventor.
C. He is the inventor of cartoons.
D. He is the inventor of electricity.
Question 2
2.
Part B
Which detail from the passage supports the answer to part A?
A. A large radio company offered Philo money for his ideas.
B. Philo’s first attempt at becoming an inventor happened in a barn on the family farm.
C. He built a machine to make electricity with a pile of buckets, wooden boards, and some small garden tools.
D. Although his name is not as well-known as Bell’s, Edison’s, or Franklin’s, Philo is one of the greatest inventors of the twentieth century
Question 3
3.
In this passage, how does the author organize the events in Philo’s life?
A. in order of importance
B. in problem and solution order
C. in compare and contrast order
D. in the time order that they happened
Question 4
4.
Read the sentence from the passage.
He
shared
his idea during the meeting.
Which word is the best
replacement
for the word
shared
?
A. handed
B. divided
C. split
D. told
Question 5
5.
Read the sentence from the passage.
He was successful, but he always felt that
the television was his baby
.
What does the phrase
the television was his baby
mean?
A. The television was very noisy.
B. The television was a lot of work.
C. He created the television and loved it.
D. He kept the television close and took care of it.
Question 6
6.
Drag and drop each event from the passage in the order in which it happened. The first event will be labeled 1, and the last event will be labeled 6.
1: _________________________________________________________________________________________
2: ___________________________________________________________________________________
3: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
4: _______________________________________________________
5: _____________________________________________________________
6: ___________________________________
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Several years later, the answer came to Philo while he was plowing the fields.
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Philo continued to work on his television idea as he completed high school and college.
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Finally, in 1927 Philo brought television to life.
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Philo Farnsworth died in 1971.
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Philo’s first attempt at becoming an inventor happened in a barn on the family farm.
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A large radio company offered Philo money for his ideas.
