Skip to content
LessonPrint

What the Author Thinks is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on identifying an author's position in an information text, aligned to Common Core standard RI.3.6. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 8 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next set

One paper per pupil

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

What the Author Thinks

RI.3.6

NameDate

Tick the right answer.

1.A story is told using "she" and "he". Who is the narrator?
  • A.Somebody outside the story
  • B.The reader
  • C.The main character
2.Which sentence would you say aloud but not write in a report?
  • A.The journey was six thousand miles.
  • B.It was, like, really far.
  • C.The journey was very long.
3.Grace "decided not to think about it". Does the narrator say she was right?
  • A.Yes, the narrator agrees
  • B.No — the narrator reports it without judging
  • C.Yes, the narrator disagrees
4.Which verb tells a reader most?
  • A.Anansi trotted away
  • B.Anansi did away
  • C.Anansi went away
5.How can you tell a character's opinion from a fact in a story?
  • A.Facts are always longer
  • B.An opinion is what a character believes; a fact is what the story states happened
  • C.Opinions are always in speech marks
6.What is the difference between the narrator's point of view and yours?
  • A.The narrator is always right
  • B.There is no difference
  • C.The narrator tells the story; you judge it from outside
7.Why might a writer choose "stretched thin as thread" over "got thin"?
  • A.It gives the reader a picture
  • B.It is shorter
  • C.It is easier to spell
8.Which sentence is more precise?
  • A.Something happened to the lamp.
  • B.The lamp went out at eleven o'clock.
  • C.The lamp went out at some point.

LessonPrint · RI.3.6 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — What the Author Thinks

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Somebody outside the story
  2. 2.It was, like, really far.
  3. 3.No — the narrator reports it without judging
  4. 4.Anansi trotted away
  5. 5.An opinion is what a character believes; a fact is what the story states happened
  6. 6.The narrator tells the story; you judge it from outside
  7. 7.It gives the reader a picture
  8. 8.The lamp went out at eleven o'clock.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.3.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.