The correct answer is A. To provide recommendations for communities for an upcoming hurricane season.
Explanation
The prompt of a text determines its primary purpose because it tells the writer what is the topic and the focus of the text he/she will write. In this prompt, the topic is the hurricane season "Using this data write a report... about the upcoming hurricane season". Additionally, the focus of the text is to give the community recommendations for this event "Your report should make recommendations about how to get ready for the upcoming hurricane season". According to this, the purpose of this prompt based on the topic and focus is A. To provide recommendations for communities for an upcoming hurricane season.
Mrs. Putnam gets it into her head that there must be a gigantic conspiracy between the Prince of Darkness and some of the supposedly God-fearing folk of Salem. That's what she means when she says "There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!"
The words are all negative words that give a sense of pessimism in the reading. Negative words create a sad mood that often connects to a very strong emotional and empathetic response from the reader.
