Based on the details in the excerpt, what is its primary purpose? to explain to children that the moon causes the tides
to warn fishers to avoid pulling too hard on their lines
to entertain children with a joke about a rat and a fisherman
to inform fishers about when it is easiest to sail on the Perak River

the answer is:

d. a story that frightened readers so much they would become suspicious of their surroundings

frankenstein is one of the terror novels wrote by the writers in a sort of bet, lord byron challenged them all to write a ghost story, and the story came to mary shelley in a dream, she wanted to conect with the fears of her society, fears of technology and changes, and she wanted readers to look around, freightened.

explanation:

mark brainliest and have a great day!

the answer is both an appeal to ethos and logos (if that's what your question options were)

c. to understand which information will best persuade your readers. (apex) correct answer.