3. What is the meaning of the simile in the sentence below from paragraph 5?
"Like a rudderless boat, the discussion kept turning round and round the same point;
and at last it threatened to be overwhelmed in a flood of tears."
a. It describes two people who are crying because they finally came to a solution.
b. It describes an endless argument between two people.
c. It depicts a husband and his wife engaged in a minor argument.
d. It describes an insolvable argument between a husband and his wife, threatening
to deteriorate into tears.

d. it describes an insolvable argument between a husband and his wife, threatening to deteriorate into tears.

Explanation:

to inform readers about the ways young people improve the world.

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.