Read the passage: consider the plight of animals inhabiting a tide pool. during high tide, the pool floods with advancing waters and threatens to wash the animals away. next comes a low tide, in which the waters recede and expose many of the inhabitants. without the protection of the water, they must survive hours of intense sunlight. when that danger passes, the animals face another flooding during the next high tide.

what effect is the author's style and tone intended to have on readers?

to create feeling or empathy for the animals of the tide pool

to inform readers of the tide pool environment

to persuade people to pass laws to protect the animals

to entertain with a dramatic story about tide pools

To create feeling or empathy for the animals of the tide pool

Explanation:

The author is trying to create a sense of empathy towards the animals that live in tide pools. The purpose is probably to make a comparison or to complete a point because the reader is asked to consider the plight of the animals.

Then, the reader is informed of the conditions in the tide pools and several of the dangers that the resident animals must face. The combination of these two elements seems like a call for sympathy.

in this alternate universe, renaissance romeo is now seventeen, an apprentice to a glass maker in venice. modern romeo is planning to go to college. what major do you think he’ll elect?

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