The correct answers are options two and four.
In the excerpt from "Enrique's Journey," the author depicts the adversities the protagonist will come up against once in Chiapas. For example, he uses the migrants' expression "the beast" to refer to thieves, street gangs and the police.
Finally, even though Enrique knows the challenges he must confront, he is still determined to go through them in order to find his mother.
Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.
The peculiar V-shaped mouth with its pointed upper lip, the absence of brow ridges, the absence of a chin beneath the wedgelike lower lip, the incessant quivering of this mouth, the Gorgon groups of tentacles, the tumultuous breathing of the lungs in a strange atmosphere, the evident heaviness and painfulness of movement due to the greater gravitational energy of the earth—above all, the extraordinary intensity of the immense eyes—were at once vital, intense, inhuman, crippled and monstrous. There was something fungoid in the oily brown skin, something in the clumsy deliberation of the tedious movements unspeakably nasty.
Which statement best describes how Wells conveys his purpose with this excerpt?
A) He provides quotes from experts.
B) He shares data about the creature.
C) He appeals to the reader's beliefs.
D) He uses detailed physical description.
Answer: D) He uses detailed physical description.
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The third option shows evidence. A survey from the Truth Initiative shows that in 2017, 20.9% of adults in Alabama smoked.
When you read all other options none of them give you any data or statements that can be classified as “evidence.”
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