Question

Which sentence best supports that the author’s purpose is to persuade readers the United States should change its refugee policy?

“If a house is burning, people will jump out the window.”

“I last went to Nueva Suyapa in 2003, to write about another boy, Luis Enrique Motino Pineda, who had grown up there and left to find his mother in the United States.”

“The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recently interviewed 404 children who had arrived in the United States from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. . . .”

“The United States should also increase to pre-9/11 levels the number of refugees we accept to 90,000 from the current 70,000 per year and, unlike in recent years, actually admit that many.”

Answer 1

The sentence that best supports the author's purpose to persuade readers that the United States should change its refugee policy is D.

“The United States should also increase to pre-9/11 levels the number of refugees we accept to 90,000 from the current 70,000 per year and, unlike in recent years, actually admit that many.”

This statement is directly stating what the United States should. This helps persuade the readers to believe the same thing.

Answer 2

The sentence that most adequately backs the author's purpose of convincing the readers that the United States must alter its refugee policy would be:

D). “The United States should also increase to pre-9/11 levels the number of refugees we accept to 90,000 from the current 70,000 per year and, unlike in recent years, actually admit that many.”

• The sentence 'The United...many' backs the author's purpose of convincing the readers to believe in the claim that the U.S. needs to change its existing refugee policy.
• This statement factually elaborates that the current refugee policy of the U.S. lacks the space for admitting the refugees and it must be increased to give more returnees who could be admitted and given shelter.
• This helps persuade the readers logically and substantiates the author's intent.

Thus, option D is the correct answer.

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