Read this paragraph from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.Well, three or four months run along, and it was well into the winter now. I had been to school most all the time and could spell and read and write just a little, and could say the multiplication table up to six times seven is thirty-five, and I don't reckon I could ever get any further than that if I was to live forever. I don't take no stock in mathematics, anyway.What is the author’s purpose for including this paragraph?
Answer
A
to inform readers about one-room school houses
B
to inform readers about mathematics instruction
C
to persuade readers to stay in school to master basic skills
D
to entertain readers with a story of a disinterested student
Explanation
Huck says he has learned only a little reading and writing and gets the multiplication fact wrong, then jokes that he will never learn more because he does not care about mathematics. This humorous description of his attitude makes the paragraph entertaining and presents him as a disinterested student. It is not mainly explaining how schools teach mathematics or urging readers to stay in school.
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