Informational Text: Expository Essay Read this passage from an expository essay. Then, answer the following question(s). In this passage, what is the author's main purpose? A. to describe the climate on a typical day on Maui B. to persuade readers to visit Hawaii C. to inform readers about the legend of Haleakala D. to entertain visitors to Hawaii A giant, dormant volcano silently looms at the eastern end of the Hawaiian island of Maui. The volcano was given the name Haleakala, meaning "house of the sun," by the people of the island. According to their legends, the benevolent god Maui wanted to help the people of the island named for him. To accomplish this, he captured the sun and trapped it in the deep basin at the volcano's summit. He promised to release the sun only if it would agree to move more slowly across the sky each day. The sun evidently agreed, for residents and visitors to the island of Maui have enjoyed the benefit of long, sunny days ever since.

- "when these words are put together to convey a meaning it is known as a sentence. a sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense. placing of words in a sentence is very important. the second sentence is a question."

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the correct answer is option d. none of these. it is noted that options a, b, and c share the same content.

despite the valid answer provided at the last sentence of each of the options, a question/answer format shouldn't include humourous themed responses such as "you bet your thermal pj's we do." - unless of course, the answer is carried out in an informal environment. this could be replaced with a simple "yes" or "it is necessary".

the question should be re-phrased to a more appropiate syntaxis. instead of "do we need the greenhouse effect? ", it should be written as "is the greenhouse effect necessary? " in order to give it a general scope, instead of limiting the answer to the needs of "we" the humans.

direct attacks on us ships

germany’s attempted alliance with mexico

a desire to preserve democracy in the world