The linking verb is "could have"
The answer to your question is Predetermination
For this item, I will go with the first option, "What is the authors purpose in writing this piece?". This is important to ask in first read of a multi-draft reading process because if we desire to know something about the subject, it is important to note how the reading material would be of help to us and we know that by the purpose of the author.
Answer:
read the text
Explanation:
In order to answer this question you must read the text to figure out and have an understanding of this problem in order to solve it
