Read the excerpt from Enrique's Journey
How do details from the excerpts support the author's
purpose?
He was five years old when his mother left him. Now he is
almost another person. In the window glass, he sees a
battered young man, scrawny and disfigured.
It angers him, and it steels his determination to push
northward.
Read the excerpt from "Children of the Drug Wars."
Children from Central America have been making that
journey, often without their parents, for two decades. But
lately something has changed, and the predictable flow has
turned into an exodus. Three years ago, about 6,800
children were detained by United States immigration
authorities and placed in federal custody; this year, as
many as 90,000 children are expected to be picked up.
O In the first excerpt, the author uses facts and statistics,
while in the second excerpt, the author uses words that
appeal to readers' emotions.
In the first excerpt, the author relies on third-person
point of view, while in the second excerpt, the author
uses first-person point of view.
In the first excerpt, the author uses words to persuade
the reader, while in the second excerpt, the author uses
nguage to entertain the reader.
O In the first excerpt, the author uses narrative techniques
and figurative language, while in the second excerpt, the
author includes facts to persuade.
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