🎭 Practice Quiz
Author's Purpose & Tone Quiz
Persuade, inform or entertain? Formal or informal? Who is it written for, and how does it sound? Answer one question at a time and see why each option is right or wrong. Miss one? It comes back in a retry round until you get every question correct. 20 questions · free · no sign-up.
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Sample questions from this quiz
A few examples (the live quiz shuffles options and checks your answer). Take the quiz above for the full set with explanations.
“Vote for Meera — the only candidate who listens!” Purpose?
- persuade
- inform
- entertain
“The Ganges is 2,525 km long and flows through five states.” Purpose?
- persuade
- inform
- entertain
“The elephant tiptoed past the sleeping guard, holding its breath.” Purpose?
- persuade
- inform
- entertain
A recipe with numbered steps. Purpose?
- persuade
- inform
- entertain