Which of the following is not a question to ask when considering the purpose of a piece of writing?
what do i want to say?
who are the main characters?
what am i interested in?
who is my audience?

What do I want to say? is something you shouldn't ask when considering the purpose of an essay or piece of writing...Always consider asking the rest of the questions that are listed there

chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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(4) "oh, i've got better plans than that," laughed kerry. "i've got four firecrackers and two model rockets. care to join me in the backyard? "

this is the correct answer because of one simple word. "backyard"