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vovikov84 [41]
3 years ago
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1. "I am not much at heights, but the mules were enormously tall, enormously heavy, very beautiful beasts, white, red, yellow, a

nd black, and sleek with unlimited polishing and grooming"
Based on this passage, what is the author's purpose for writing this text?
A. to entertain the reader with tales of horses
B. to persuade the reader to take up horseback riding
C. to illustrate the unique beauty found in china
D. to inform the reader about the poor road conditions in china
English
2 answers:
alexdok [17]3 years ago
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The answer is C hope it helps

____ [38]3 years ago
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Answer: C) to illustrate the unique beauty found in China.

Explanation: When writing, an author can have several different purposes, for example: to persuade, inform, to entertain, to explain, etc. From the given options, the one that represents the author's purpose for writing the text, is the corresponding to option C: to illustrate the unique beauty found in China, because, as we can see, the narrator describes the mules as "enormously tall, enormously heavy, very beautiful beasts, white, red, yellow, and black, and sleek with unlimited polishing and grooming."

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