What is the author's purpose in this excerpt from "a witch trial at mount holly"? the parties being met and the people got together, a grand consultation was held, before they proceeded to trial; in which it was agreed to use the scales first; and a committee of men were appointed to search the men, and a committee of women to search the women, to see if they had any thing of weight about them, particularly pins. to inform the reader regarding the events of the witch trial to persuade the audience of the guilt of the 'witches' to entertain the reader with the humor of the trial to engage the reader in a debate regarding the validity of the trial'

The correct answer is “to inform the reader regarding the events of the witch trial”. Taken from the article “A Witch Trial at Mount Holly” by Benjamin Franklin (1730), the excerpt presented above narrates a witch trial held in Mount Holly in which two people had been accused, a man and a woman. In this excerpt, it is explained that the first test the accused had to undergo to prove their innocence was the test of the “scales”, in other words, they would be weighed compared to the Bible.

the rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle is the lithosphere.     answer   crust and outer part of the mantle.

the flighty purpose never is o'ertook / unless the deed go with it"