Read the excerpt below from a tree grows in brooklyn and answer the question that follows. after the exercises, the turkey foot and corn were thrown into the wastebasket. teacher set aside the apples to take home. she asked if anyone wanted the little pumpkin pie. thirty mouths watered; thirty hands itched to go up into the air but no one moved. some were poor, many were hungry and all were too proud to accept charitable food. when no one responded, teacher ordered the pie thrown away. francie couldn’t stand it; that beautiful pie thrown away and she had never tasted pumpkin pie. to her it was the food of covered wagon people, of indian fighters. she was dying to taste it. in a flash she invented a lie and up went her hand. “i’m glad someone wants it,” said teacher. “i don’t want it for myself,” lied francie proudly. “i know a very poor family i’d like to give it to.” “good,” said teacher. “that’s the real spirit.” based on this excerpt, what is the author’s purpose in writing? to persuade to avenge to analyze to entertain

The Answer is to entertain

D) To entertain.

Explanation: when writing, an author always has a purpose in mind. An author's purpose is the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic. It can be to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain his ideas to the reader. In the given excerpt from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" we can see a story about a teacher and her class in thanksgiving. The author's purpose in writing is to entertain, so the correct answer is option D.

glamis thou art, and cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promis'd; yet do i fear thy nature; it is too full o' the milk of human kindness to catch the nearest way: thou wouldst be great; art not without ambition; but without the illness should attend it. what thou wouldst highly, that wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, and yet wouldst wrongly win: thou'dst have, great glamis, that which cries, "thus thou must do, if thou have it: and that which rather thou dost fear to do than wishest should be undone." hie thee hither, that i may pour my spirits in thine ear; and chastise with the valor of my tongue all that impedes thee from the golden round, which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem to have thee crown'd withal.  

he lacks ambition.  

he is hesitant.  

he lacks courage.  

he has moral scruples.

intonation based on rhythm.