Hi. You did not submit the text to which this question refers, which makes it impossible for it to be answered. However, when searching for your question on the internet, I was able to find another question exactly like yours, which showed the text that is attached below. In that case, I hope this answer can help you.
Answer:
"How do these humors get out of balance?"
Explanation:
The main idea of the text is to show how medicine in Elizabethan times was different from the medicine we know today, as people believed that diseases had a divine nature and were some way of God punishing, or rescuing, a person. In this case, the sentence selected above is not relevant to the central idea of the text, since the central idea of a text is the main subject addressed by the author and in the text above, this subject refers to people's beliefs about diseases.
" him " is gonna be ur objective pronoun...because it is a pronoun used as an indirect object
1) we have not a solitary shred of evidence to go on.
2) He took a solitary walk on a beach.
Answer:
An author's purpose is reflected in the way he writes about a topic. For instance, if his purpose is to amuse, he will use jokes or anecdotes in his writing. Clues to an author's purpose may be found in titles, prefaces, and the author's background.