Answer:
The correct option is option D.
Explanation:
Each statement is analyzed as below
A. The total box office receipts for independent movies this year will be significantly more than 20 percent greater than the receipts for independent movies last year
<em>This is wrong as there is no indication regarding the total receipts this year will be significantly 20% greater than that of last year. The data is only available for the first half of the year.</em>
B. The number of independent movies released in the first half of this year is equal to the number released in the first half of last year.
<em>This statement is wrong as there is no information regarding the numbers of films that were released in the first half of last year is given.</em>
C. The price of a movie ticket has not increased since last year.
<em>This statement is wrong as there is no information about the price and thus this is out of scope.</em>
D. The average revenues of the independent films released during the first half of this year is greater than that of all independent films released last year.
<em>This is correct as the overall increase of 20 % is indicated for the first half and the number of movies released and to be released is same thus the individual movie revenue is also greater than that of last year.</em>
5. The number of people seeing independent movies during the first half of this year is greater than the number who saw independent movies last year.
<em>This statement is wrong as there is no information about the number of people and thus this is out of scope.</em>
The whole passage is an example of the authors purpose to persuade, and at least in this case, for a good purpose, which is motivating the reader.
But in the middle of the text, the use of the "evidence" persuasive technique, providing facts of people who overcame challenges, is totally clear.
In the three-way persuasive techniques approach (Ethos, pathos and logos), this historical examples would be evidence of the logos technique (logical knowledge).
In this excerpt, Junior is making several implications about his family's outcome.
First of all, he is fighting the common assumption of poor people having no plans or dreams, or any intent to stop being poor. This is a myth that is often perpetuated by society, even though it is rarely the case. Junior argues that his parents in fact did have dreams about getting out of poverty, even though it never happened.
Secondly, Junior is saying that the reason his parents were never able to do it was because no one ever cared about their dreams. The implication is that no one can achieve his or her dreams if they are not given the chance to do so. And poor people are given very limited opportunities in life.
The overall intention is to show how much of his parents' misfortune was not due to their lack of vision or intent, but due to the lack of opportunities they were given. It is a criticism on a social system that gives few opportunities for advancement.
B. Dillon does not like writing letters.
D. After school gets out, I will be swimming most of the summer.
F. Come meet me at the swimming pool.
A gerund is mostly at the beginning of a sentence and states a noun. So always look for the noun of the sentence.