Which idea best indicates that one of the purposes of the author of it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference is to persuade?

(a)the crowd applauds the students for writing the letter that was read at the football game.
(b)jesse informs neto about the harassing comments that are being made by the audience.
(c)students keep themselves busy constructing floats and preparing for the parade.
(d)andy makes copies of the students’ letters and ensures that the letters are passed out.

The correct answer is:

(D) Andy makes copies of the students’ letters and ensures that the letters are passed out.

The author´s purpose is both to inform readers about how young people are transforming the world and to persuade them to do so themselves.

Phillip M. Hoose wrote the profiles of fourteen young Americans from different ethnic backgrounds to show how they have taken a stand against racism, sexism, and crime, as well as taken action to preserve the environment. In Andy´s case, his campaign against racism in school took him to make thousands of copies of the students’ letters and make sure that the letters were passed out.

The correct answer is:

(D) Andy makes copies of the students’ letters and ensures that the letters are passed out.

The author´s purpose is both to inform readers about how young people are transforming the world and to persuade them to do so themselves.

Phillip M. Hoose wrote the profiles of fourteen young Americans from different ethnic backgrounds to show how they have taken a stand against racism, sexism, and crime, as well as taken action to preserve the environment. In Andy´s case, his campaign against racism in school took him to make thousands of copies of the students’ letters and make sure that the letters were passed out.

answer: metaphor: because there is a comparison between the treasures spread on the ground and the evil seed of adam drifting from the shoreline  

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