Question

Which best states the author’s purpose for including this information in the text? to connect a historical event to the present to bring a person involved in a historical event to life to challenge the reader’s ideas about a historical event to tell the reader about an important historical event

Answer 1

Answer:

A. to give the reader important facts about a historical event.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

This is to convince readers of a threat, the first choice. This is not a frightening story or a historical event, because the author clearly states that "I know of no community that has experienced..." meaning that this is figurative rather than historical. This is not to convince readers about the importance of a community, as the whole excerpt is about certain disasters rather than the community that experiences it.