The
correct answer among the choices given is:
<span><span>a.
</span>never talk to strangers.</span>
<span>The other three answers are taught implicitly by
Mrs. Jones to the boy named Roger who snatched her pocketbook just to buy a
pair of blue suede shoes. </span>
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.
The correctly punctuated sentence is A. Martha Graham was one of the most influential figures in dance in the twentieth century, her style was knows for its fierceness and intensity.