Read the excerpt from david foster wallace’s infinite jest. i am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies. my posture is consciously congruent to the shape of my hard chair. this is a cold room in university administration, wood-walled, remington-hung, double-windowed against the november heat, insulated from administrative sounds by the reception area outside, at which uncle charles, mr. delint and i were lately received. i am in here. which is an explicit detail from this passage? a)hal feels uncomfortable in this room. b)hal does not want to participate in this interview. c)hal is sitting on a hard chair in a cold room. d)hal feels intimidated by the three deans. the answer is c

The answer is C

We realize that he is in the office, first. Then we observe that he is seated in a chair. The rest of the paragraph is a digression in which describes the details of the administrative office at the University.

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.