What is the author's purpose in "A Performance to Remember"? to explain how uniqueness can lead to success

to persuade readers to consider advice from others

to convince readers to always follow the rules

to show readers that anyone can figure skate

Explanation:

D. To show how anyone can figure skate

the passage can be best described as: "the british legislature extended an unwarranted jurisdiction".

we can say that because the text clearly states how the people of the colonies warned the british about their excessive desire to rule over them, without taking into consideration the difficulties their brothers had experienced in america: they struggled to establish the colonies, to adapt to new types of weather, fight with the natives, etc., and how they now see (or then saw) the only way out was to cut all ties with the british, since they ignored the people's petitions.

the answer is that david give mr.neck a hickey on the neck