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Reading and All That Jazz book cover
Reading and All That Jazz: Tuning Up Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills, 2/e
Peter Mather, Glendale Community College
Rita McCarthy, Glendale Community College
Determining the Author's Purpose

Point Of View - Section 1

Directions: Match the statements or actions in Column B with the people listed in Column A (Use Only The Letter).

Column A

A. Author
B. Author's grandmother
C. King of the Persians
D. Shepherd's daughter
E. Son of the King
F. King's messenger

Column B



1

All men should labour. It is not proper for a young man to be ignorant of an honorable craft.
2

You must learn to make solid things, things that can be used, that can be seen and touched.
3

I love a shepherd's daughter, and I would have her for my wife.
4

What labour does he do? He must learn to do some labour.
5

He does no labour; he is the son of a king.
6

I will learn to weave straw rugs.
7

I am a weaver of straw rugs and these rugs have great value.
8

These rugs have a message woven into them.
9

It is because of you that I am alive.
10

As soon as I earn enough money to buy a saw and a hammer and a piece of lumber I shall do my best to make a simple chair or a shelf for books.








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