I am pretty sure the answer is A, drafting
Answer: Took
Explanation: The traffic on the way home was so bad i wish we <u>took</u> a different route.
Hope this helps.
Is there the rest of this question somewhere?
All of these could be considered an "author's purpose". An author is technically anyone who writes anything, therefore the purpose of writing is theoretically limitless. If you have to choose one of these, however, it would be "to remind".