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The authors purpose in the short story named “Armadillo Attributes” written by Karen Olson is to pursue the readers to think highly of amradillos and to show how fascinating they really are. For example in the text it states “predators such as dogs, wolves, and coyotes hunt these peaceful animals.” By calling armadillos peaceful it shows that Olson want to the readers to know that armadillos are not harmful creatures. Another example is also stated in the text is “In order to swim, they can swallow air to inflate their stomachs, becoming as buoyant as a ballon floating on the water. This shows that the author want to let the readers know how fascinating they are because he explains one of their many talents. In conclusion the authors purpose in the short story “Armadillos Attributes” it show show

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The author’s purpose in “Armadillo Attributes” is to inform the reader of the life of Armadillos. “In order to swim, they can swallow air to inflate their stomachs, becoming buoyant as a balloon floating on the water.” In order from Armadillos to survive on water they inflate their stomachs with air to float. “You might assume that these shells and other traits make Armadillos immune from danger, however predators such as dogs, wolves, and coyotes hunt these peaceful animals.” Although Armadillos have shells that act like armor they aren’t safe from danger, many animals hunt them and even speeding vehicles may injure or kill them. This is the author’s purpose.

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The author's purpose in “Armadillo Attributes” is to inform readers the definition of the interesting creatures,Armadillos.In the text,it states “The word armadillo comes from a spanish word meaning “little armored one”.The armadillo earned its name from the bony carapace that shields the armadillo’s body like hinged plates of armor.” This evidence demonstrates the deep meaning of the word armadillo, it shows where the word came from and how it earned its name.Another quote from the text, it states “Armadillos have terrible eyesight, so they use their foolproof sense of smell to find food.” This evidence evaluates that Armadillos have their own way to find food, which is using their sense of smell. Also,They are fascinating and unique creatures because they have the abilities that other creatures don’t.

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The author's purpose in “Armadillo Attributes” is to inform readers about this fascinating creatures called Armadillos. For example in the text it states, “The word armadillo comes from a Spanish word meaning “Little armored one”. This evidence shows one fact about Armadillo, where did this creature got its name from and the meaning of it. Another evidence states, “Armadillos have many strange yet fascinating traits. In order to swim,they can swallow air to inflate their stomachs, becoming as buoyant as a balloon floating on the water.” So this evidence shows that Armadillos are very strange creatures but have interesting traits, for example they swallow air to inflate their stomachs to swim. In addition author's purpose of writing the article, “Armadillo Attributes” is to provide readers with interesting information about Armadillos.

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In "Armadillo Attributes" the authors purpose is the infrom. For example, he states "Armadillos have many strange yet fascinating traits." This shows that the author is trying to grab the attention tell people that armadillos have diffrent abilities. Furthermore it states "When threatened, armadillos may react defensively by jumping three four feet into the air." This shows that the author is tying to teach the reader how armadillos reat when there in a dangerous situation. This is how the author's purpose in "Armadillo Attributes" is to inform.

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In “armadillo attributes” the authors purpose is to inform the readers how fascinating and interesting armadillos are. In “armadillo attributes” it states “You might assume that their protective shells and other traits make armadillos immune from danger. However, predators such as dogs, wolves, and coyotes hunt them. More Significantly, cars and trucks can injure or kill them. Despite these threats, armadillos have been able to survive in a variety of habitats and climates” this shows that they are able to survive in variety of habitats and climates. They are able to use their shells to protect themselves from some predators. “armadillos have many strange yet fascinating traits. In order to swim, they can swallow air to inflate their stomachs, becoming as buoyant as a ballon floating on water. When threatened, armadillos May react defensively by jumping three to four feet into the air. Some are able to curl up into tight balls” this shows how they are able to use their stomachs to swim and how they are able to survive and protect themselves from other predators.

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The author’s purpose in Armadillos Attributes would be to inform. The author demonstrates this by providing facts about the armadillo itself with the intentions to inform or teach the reader. For example, “When threatened, armadillos may react defensively by jumping three to four feet into the air. Some are able to curl up into tight balls.” This quote illustrates the author informing the reader on one of the armadillo’s most effective defensive strategies. Another example from the article is, “ Today more than 20 species of armadillos live in Central and South America.” This textual evidence is the author simply informing the reader of the population of the different species located in Central and South America.

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The authors purpose in "Armadillo Attributes" is to inform the reader of how interesting but paicular animals Armidillos are as a creature. The text explains these weird powers/skills the Armidillos have the story goes on to inform the reader with examples l. As the text states " In order to swim they swallow air to inflate their stomachs making them as bouyance as a ballon". This evidence shows how the author informs the reader of these strange skills but yet facinating. "The Armadillo is blind but has a good scence in smell" . This evidence shows how the author wants to inform the reader of all these traits an Armidillo contains as much as it is facinating it is paculiar.

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In the passage "Armadillo Attributes", the author's purpose is to inform the readers of the many unique and interesting traits of armadillos. For instance, In the article it states "Armadillos have many strange yet fascinating traits. In order to swim, they can swallow air to inflate their stomachs, becoming as buoyant as a balloon floating on the water. When threatened, armadillos may react defensively by jumping three to four feet into the air. Some are able to curl up into tight balls". In this quote Olson is listing many of the fascinating traits of armadillos. This also gives off information to the readers of what kind of techniques they use to survive. In addition, In the article it also says "Despite these ever-present threats, armadillos continue to survive in a variety of habitats and climates". In this quote Olson is admiring the animals for being able to protect themselves for such a long time despite being around so much dangers, and she feels that they are important for people to know about. These two pieces of evidence shows that the authors purpose is to inform others of the armadillos many different interesting and fascinating traits to survive in their environment.

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In the passage " Armadillo Attributes " by Karen Olson , the author's purpose is to inform readers about the fascinating and unique traits of the armadillo and how they use their strange shells for defense. Armadillos have a unique shell in which they use to defend from predators . In the passage it states " When threatened, armadillos may react defensively by jumping three to four feet into air. Some are able to curl up into tight balls." This sentence from paragraph 4 of Armadillo Attributes shows how armadillos can use parts of their body as defense to fight against predators .In the passage it also states "They probe grasses, decaying logs, or sandy soils with their pointy snouts. Once they locate beetles, ants, or other insects they like to eat, they eagerly dig them out with sharp claws and trap them with narrow, sticky tongues. Armadillos use their tongues to get to tough places to reach food. This quality helps them adapt to tough conditions. These pieces of evidence show how the authors purpose is to inform their audience of how interesting and fascinating armadillos are and their traits and quality's that help them survive .

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In the passage titled "Armadillo Attributes" the author's purpose is to inform and introduce fascinating and cool facts about armadillo's. To prove this, in the text it states "Armadillos have many fascinating traits. In order for them to swim, they swallow air to inflate their stomach." This shows that he or she wants the readers to become fascinated by the strange traits of an armadillo's. Another way to prove this is in the text it states "Armadillos have terrible eyesight, so they use their foolproof sense of smell to find food." This quote shows that the author wants to explain the ways in which the armadillo uses it's other abilities to it's advantage in order to survive (which is another 'fascinating' fact.) And as you can see this is what the author's purpose is in the passage/text.

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The authors purpose in "Armadillo Attributes" is to inform the readers with the many attributes and quality's it has. For example from the passage it states " Armadillos have many strange yet fascinating traits, in order to swim, they can swallow air to inflate their stomachs becoming as buoyant as a balloon floating on the water, when threatened armadillos may react defensively by jumping three feet into the air". The example shows that armadillos are able to swim by swallowing air and defending themselves by jumping into the air these are every helpful quality's. Another example from the passage states the following "Armadillos have terrible eyesight, so they use their foolproof sense of smell to find food, they probe grasses, decaying logs and sandy soil with their pointy snouts, once they locate beetles, ants, or other insects they like to eat". The example shows that Armadillos are able to use their senses to find food and their snouts are helpful when catching prey. The author shows the attributes the armadillos have in the passage

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The authors purpose in the “Armadillo Attributes” is to introduce armadillos to the reader. In the text it states “The word armadillo comes from Spanish word meaning “little armored one””. This shows that the Karen Olson introduces the meaning of the word armadillo. Another piece of evidence is that in the text it states “It is now found it Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, and parts of Florida”. This shows that the author tells us where we can meet armadillos. This is the authors purpose in the “Armadillo Attributes” is to inform readers about armadillos.

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The author’s purpose in “Armadillo Attributes” is to inform readers what a interesting creatures Armadillos are. In the reading it states, “Armadillos have strange yet fascinating traits. In order to swim, they can swallow air to inflate their stomachs, becoming as buoyant as a balloon floating on the water”. This example shows that Armadillos are very fascinating but yet so strange and mysterious in a way. They have the ability to do things that most creatures can’t really do. Another example is in the text it states, “Armadillos are the only mammals with protective shells. You might assume that these shells and other traits make Armadillos immune from danger; however, predators such as dogs, wolves, and coyotes hunt these peaceful animals.” This piece of evidence shows that Armadillos are one of a kind because as stated, they are the ONLY MAMMALS with protective shells. After all, we can see that Armadillos are very interesting and fascinating creatures, they have abilities that other creatures don’t, etc... This is why the author’s purpose in “Armadillo Attributes” is to inform readers.

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The author's purpose in “Armadillo Attributes” is to inform readers about what interesting creatures armadillos are. In the text it states, “The word armadillo comes from a Spanish word meaning ‘little armored one.’” The author is enlightening readers on the meaning behind the name armadillo. Another quote from the text is, “Today, more than 20 species of armadillos live in Central and South America. The nine- banded Armadillo is the only species in the United States.” Armadillos are mostly found in South America and only one species is in the U.S. The author is stating a fact about armadillos, that may intrigue the readers thinking. The author's purpose of writing “Armadillo Attributes” is to inform and enlighten readers on armadillos.

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In “Armadillo Attributes”, by Karen Olson, the author’s purpose is to inform readers about how fascinating armadillos are. In the

text, it states, “Armadillos are related to sloths and anteaters. They may also be descendants of ancient dinosaurs.” This quote states that armadillos are in the same family tree as sloths and anteaters and they may evolved from dinosaurs. This shows facts about the armadillos, so this proves that the author’s purpose is to inform. Another quote from the text is, “Armadillos have many strange yet fascinating traits. In order to swim, they can inflate their stomachs, becoming as buoyant as a balloon floating on the water.” This quote states that armadillos have wierd, but interesting facts, such as inflating their stomachs so they can float on water. This proves that the author’s purpose is to inform because she presented facts about armadillos (which informs us).

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In " Armadillo Attributes" by Karen Olson the authors purpose to inform readers on the "strange yet fascinating" armadillo. One piece of evidence from the text is " In order to swim, they can swallow air to inflate their stomach, becoming as a buoyant as a balloon floating on the water.” This piece of evidence shows that the author is giving  interesting facts on armadillos and how they adapt and survive. Another piece of evidence from the text to support is “ When threatened armadillos may react defensively by jumping three to four feet into the air. Some are able to curl up into tight balls.” This is another fascinating facts on how armadillos adapt and survive that the author used to inform readers.

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The authors purpose in the text “Armadillo Attributions” written by Karen Olson is persuasive, which can be inferred by the word choice that was used. Karen Olson    stated “Armadillos has strange yet fascinating traits.” What can be concluded from this quote is that Olson is trying to combine the reader that the traits that Armadillos obtained are unique or interesting. Afterwards, it states “In order to swim, they can swallow air to inflate their stomachs, becoming as buoyant as a balloon floating on the water.” Karen Olson is trying to provide the reader with an mental image and describing it with words that make it appear more interesting. The authors word choice throughout the text makes the topic that is discussed more interesting, as used by the author fascinating.

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The authors purpose in Armadillo Attributes is to inform the readers on the armadillo´s strange but unique attributes

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In the text "Armadillo Attributes" the authors purpose is to educate the reader about the armadillos and their capabilities/ abilities

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The author’s purpose in “Armadillo Attributes,” is to inform. This is because the author is stating facts about armadillos for the readers. For example, in the text it states, “The word armadillo comes from a Spanish word meaning ‘little armored one.’” This quote shows how the author is stating a fact about the origin of the word armadillo. Another example from the text is when the author stated, “Some scientists believe modern armadillos are related to an extinct mammal called the glyptodont.” This quote shows another way of how the author isn’t writing to inform the readers. These quotes were examples of how the author of the passage, was writing to inform the readers.

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In " Armadillo Attributes" by Karen Olson the authors purpose to inform readers on the "strange yet fascinating" armadillo. One piece of evidence from the text is "

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The author’s purpose in “Armadillo Attributes” is the inform

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The authors purpose in "Armadillo Attributes" is to educate/inform the readers about armadillos. For example in the text it states "Armadillos have many strange yet fascinating traits." This supports my response because the author is informing the reader the traits that armadillos have. Another example is that the text states "Armadillos have terrible eyesight, so they use their foolproof sense of smell to find food." This supports my response because the author is informing the reader how armadillos find food. This is how the authors purpose in "Armadillo Attributes" is to inform/educate.

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The author's purpose in "Armadillo Attributes" is to inform the reader about the Armadillo's traits. To prove this point, the text states "Armadillos have many strange yet fascinating traits." This shows how the author is informing the reader about the Armadillos traits. To further prove this point, the text also states,  "Armadillos are the only mammals with shells." This shows how Armadillos have a unique trait of being the only mammal with a protective shell.