It is important to know the author's purpose because knowing the author's purpose can change how the story is being told. If someone said,"Mom, I would really like this new video game for my birthday." and the author's purpose was to inform, it would be informing the mom that the person wanted the video game. If the author's purpose was to persuade, that person would be persuading the mom to get him the video game.
"Hi Tony."
<span>Tony looked down at his shoe, dug in his toe, and pushed around a pile of books. </span>
<span>"Hey," he replied. </span>
<span>Katy could tell something was wrong. </span>
<span>"That math is tough, isn't it?" </span>
Hayo um I would say to go with C)to happen to, usually something bad or negative but I'm not sure just trying to help
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