Hey there,
<span>Interpretation</span> of language leads to meaning.
~Jurgen
context clues look at the sentence it is in or the one before or after it to try and figure out what it means 2 a dictionary look up the word in a dictionary to find its definition
Answer:
The authors purpose is describing the house at the edge is that he is making the boys start believing that they got rescues, but in reaity, the didn't.