Read the passage on the left to answer the following questions: 5) How does the author's purpose in this passage differ from an author
writing about her personal struggle living with asthma?
The author of a memoir about asthma's purpose
A) would be merely to entertain the reader about this
disease.
The author of a memoir about asthma would not
B) provide help or information about what having
asthma is like.
The author in this passage intends only to provide
facts and helpful information for those who struggle
with asthma.
The author in this passage is more personal and
D) emotional than a memoir about a person's struggle
with asthma would be.