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Reading Skill: Author’s Purpose In order to understand the full meaning of a passage,
it is important to think about why the author is saying
certain things—the author’s purpose. This can help
clarify the reasons the author is writing and what the
author wants readers to understand about the story.
Complete the table and match the sentences with the author’s purposes.

Text Evidence Author’s Purposes

1 The porters warned us to adjust to the changes in a She lets us know that climbing made her feel

oxygen by going slowly. Otherwise, we could get extremely tired and scary , but she never .
altitude sickness, .... gave up and kept going.

2 The trek became more difficult the higher we She feels very proud of getting to the
went. Many people suffered from altitude b top of Mount Kilimanjaro.

sickness. ... That was scary, but I kept going slowly.

3 As we climbed higher, it looked as if we were in c She wants to tell about the breathtaking view .

another world. The terrain looked like the surface from the mountain.
of the moon.

4 At base camp, everyone applauded. I cried. d She wants to tell us that climbing to a high .

Nobody could believe a seventy-three-year-old altitude can be dangerous and it’s
had done it. important to go slowly .

a high altitude breathtaking view extremely tired and scary

very proud of go slowly never gave up

Unit 8 | Never Too Late: Grandma Conquers the Top of the World