Read the following passage: In the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and twelve, at
the village of Christchurch, the members of our
congregation were first visited by the spirits.
Which statement best explains the relationship between the author's choice
to begin the story this way and the effect it has on the reader?
A. Beginning the story with something that’ll happened in the past
leads the reader to assume that he or she will be familiar with the
events to come.
B. The inclusion of a specific location leads the reader to suspect
that the story will be a social critique.
C. The inclusion of a supernatural element leads the reader to
recognize this story as being concerned with spiritual matters.
D. The tone of the language leads the reader to understand that the
story will be relayed by a figure of authority.

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.