Question

Read the paragraph.

Answer 1

The author's purpose was to entertain readers with an anecdote about babysitting. Anecdote is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. 

The other choices didn't really make any sense because the persuasion in the narrative was not strong. The narrative was not informative as well.

Answer 2

Answer:

to entertain readers with an anecdote about babysitting.

Explanation:

The purpose of the passage above is clearly to entertain the reader by recounting in an ingenious and witty tone an amusing anecdote about Kev´s experience babysitting. The writer is successful in his purpose since the passage is well elaborated, and with a good dose of irony, makes one, the reader, follow the anecdote empathetically but with a smile.