A, because the passage was not meant to sound pitiful they were just describing the conditions
Answer:
An author’s purpose is his reason for writing. An author’s purpose may be to amuse the reader, to persuade the reader, to inform the reader. In this scenario the author's purpose would be to <em>inform</em> the reader
Explanation:
Option 1 is not correct because the quote is no longer Mr. Cliff's wording. The last choice is also not correct because () should only be used if you need to make a letter capital or change the verb tense for the quote to make sense. [Brackets] are used when including clarifying information in quotations, and [high school students] is clarifying who "They" are. Answer B is correct.
