Which best describe's the author's purpose in this excerpt? A) to demonstrate the difficult conditions many immigrants faced
B) to describe the different sections of ocean liners in the 1800s
C) to show why many people were reluctant to come to America
D) to explain how immigration has changed since the 1800s

Answer is A:  to demonstrate the difficult conditions many immigrants faced

Explanation

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the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.  

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