The answer is D: to concentrate on your personal areas of interest.
The most importante reason for setting a purpose before reading or even before doing a research is to <em>eliminate distraction</em>, which can be a <em>hindrance</em> for any desired development.<em> Having a purpose is to have an intention, a goal, which will be achieved only with </em><em>concentration</em><em> on one's personal areas of interest.</em>
Answer:
“We’ll just have to figure out something else to do.” said Sam.
Explanation:
There should be a comma after do, not a period.
Muscular strength<span>the amount of force your muscles can exert</span>
Answer:
They see themselves as more civilized.
Explanation:
<em>They see themselves as more civilized </em>–<u> this is the correct answer. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne and settlers, Puritans, all think Native Americans are less civilized than themselves.</u> They think of them as savages, like they don’t have as developed culture and society. <u>For Puritans, Natives are wild, mysterious, ignorant, and uneducated. </u>
<em> They see themselves as less knowledgeable </em>- this is not the correct answer. Puritans do not think native people are more knowledgeable than them.
<em> They see themselves as more simple</em> – this is not true. If anything, Puritans think Native Americans are more simple-minded than them.
<em> They see themselves as less powerful</em> – this is not the correct answer. Puritans did not think they are less powerful than Natives.