Answer:
The author's intent is to inform the reader.
Explanation:
The author hopes to inform the reader of the consequences of poaching and to discourage them from taking large prey (you'll end up in jail for 3 months) or to harm a gameskeeper (charged with assult and possibly death).
So know the risks and 'be careful'.
Answer: B
Explanation: "With the money they saved they built a two-story mansion with balconies and gardens and high netting so that crabs wouldn't get in during the winter, and with iron bars on the windows so that angels wouldn't get in." (paragraph 11)
Answer: B. Rhetorical speeches appeal to listeners' emotions to persuade them.
Explanation: Because rhetoric will insist that the argument takes account of the human environment and that it is well connected with human sentiment. 1st difference: Rhetoric sees argumentation as a route to effective persuasion, whereas logic sees argumentation as a path to rational persuasion.
D is the correct answer. You can omit as many words as you want, as long as 'the meaning and spirit of the quote is retained', that is, the general sense you wanted to convey with that quote is still there, even after you deleted those several words.
