Answers MO-English Language Arts 9 B-CR Comparing Accounts of Clara Barton’s StoryQuestion 1

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Comparing Accounts of Clara Barton’s Story

Question 1 • MO-English Language Arts 9 B-CR

Which best describes the author’s purpose in the excerpt you read from A Story of the Red Cross?

Answer

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to inform readers about dangers of the sea, and to persuade them not to live on an island

B

to inform readers about conditions in Galveston after the hurricane, and to persuade them that the Red Cross was heroic

C

to inform readers about the truth of the damage, and to persuade them that the Red Cross was not needed

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to inform readers about the mysterious parts of Barton’s story, and to persuade them that she was not needed

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