D. A theme is the purpose of a text.
Answer: A - excerpt 1 recognizes The importance of word origins, but excerpt to suggest that studying word origins could be a waste of time
Explanation: taking the test now it seems like that would be the best answer given the excerpts and context clues
1. B
It credits her for writing amazing books for children and then credits her for writing amazing books for adults.
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. B
I think these are all correct.