Why is it important to identify the purpose of a piece of writing? A.
to generate as many ideas as possible to include in the writing
B.
to understand the age and educational background of the audience
Oc.
to consider what you want to accomplish with the writing
D.
to determine a topic that has a lot of information to include

A. to generate as many ideas as possible to include in the writing

Explanation:

when you identify the purpose of a piece of writing, it's important because after you identify it, you can generate any amount of ideas, such as what the author accomplished, who the author's audience is, etc. these are ideas that you can include in your own writing. for example, you could include them in an essay about that piece of writing.

when you cannot identify the purpose, it's much harder to understand that piece of writing, and you might get confused more easily with it.

"the sandy walls seemed to collapse in on themselves"

and

"the bloodshot waters seemed to have no bottom"

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