What is the author's purpose for writing this text?
To warn readers that they may lack
the skills necessary for work
To persuade readers to spend more
time listing their skills
To convince readers that practical skills
should be taught in school
To help readers develop some basic
and valuable life skills

you need to explain that more, your grammer just needs to be close to perfect.

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you didn't provide the passage.

explanation:

seeing as this is your first question on i can see why you may have not known that you need to provide the passage.

without the passage, or even the name of the passage, we can not read the passage, therefore we can not determine when or how the pacing effects the tone.

however, you can either repost this question (providing the passage this time)

or you can comment below what the passage is, and i'll you to the best of my ability!

what excerpt? i would generally think a.