Students must read each description and decide what the author's purpose is:

- to inform
- to entertain
- to persuade

At the bottom of the page, they must choose one of the ideas and write a short paragraph based on the author's purpose.
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The first page of the PDF is the worksheet, and the second page is an answer key.

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Please check out my other Christmas worksheets:


CHRISTMAS Anagram Challenge Worksheet

CHRISTMAS Trivia Challenge Worksheet

CHRISTMAS Figurative Language Worksheet {FREEBIE}

CHRISTMAS Word Search {FREEBIE}




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