Read the passage. When I was in high school in San Diego, we spent our free days playing volleyball on the soft, sandy shore. La
ughing, wrestling, dashing in and out of waves, we boys were completely free of responsibility. We leaped, twisted, wove, and dive-bombed over the sand dunes until late in the morning, when families bearing colorful umbrellas, lounge chairs, and children arrived. When the sand got hot enough to burn our feet, we swam out to meet the waves. What is the writer’s purpose in this paragraph? A. to inform and analyze
B. to notify and explain
C. to explain and entertain
D. to convince and suggest
The writer's purpose in this paragraph is C. to explain and entertain.
This is because the passage consists of a personal anecdote of the author's youth, and it's main purpose is to provide the reader with entertainment as he/she explains how much fun they had.
The truth is that as much democracy as this nation has today, it has been born on the backs of black resistance...Black people have seen the worst of America, yet, somehow, we still believe in its best.
