Match the author's purpose with its description describe to give the reader steps to follow
inform to give the reader enjoyment
entertain to teach the reader about something
explain to convince the reader of something
persuade uses sensory language to tell the reader about a topic

ich statement best shows a problem in travels with charley?

one sharp difficulty presented itself. in the intervening twenty-five years my name had become reasonably well known.

this being so, my trip demanded that i leave my name and my identity at home.

i had to go alone and i had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back.

with all this in mind i wrote to the head office of a great corporation which manufactures trucks.