Awater pollution expert gave a speech at a local gathering. read this excerpt from the speech. what is its purpose? water pollution is a growing threat to our environment. not only does it harm aquatic creatures, but it can lead to serious health problems in humans. when toxic waste from industries is dumped into bodies of water, the pollutants contaminate a variety of fish and shellfish. when consumers eat seafood contaminated by toxins, they risk being exposed to a variety of toxic heavy metals.
answers= a. to inform the audience about how water pollution harms humans and aquatic species
b. to entertain the audience by providing interesting facts about water pollution
c. to convince the audience to adopt a kinder attitude toward harmless sea creatures
d. to move the audience to feel how aquatic animals are vulnerable

The purpose of the expert is to inform the audience about how water pollution harms humans and aquatic species.

Explanation:

The information that the expert is providing shows specific examples of how though incorrect practices the water has become dangerous for people and the species that live in it. The excerpt has an informative purpose it doesn't try to convince anyone to do or accept anything but it tries to make people see the reality about the world and the dangers we are living now.

option a

Explanation:

to inform the audience about how water pollution harms humans and aquatic species.

the hunger games, written by  suzanne collins, is fiction in the young adult genre, which is not my age group, but i found myself unable to put it down. its combination of nerve-racking tension, thrilling action, and engaging love story kept me up until the wee hours. i was surprised at how completely engrossing the plot was. like  brave new world, this story is set in a future where the government oppresses its people, but the book also borrows ideas from the greek myth of theseus and the minotaur.

divided into 12 districts, ruled by an oppressive government located at the  capitol. katniss everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from district 12, takes her younger sister’s place as one of 24 “tributes” selected every year to participate in the hunger games at the capitol.

while i found this book absolutely enthralling, i was surprised it was aimed at an audience of young adults. it seems extremely intense for anyone younger than 16 or 17. for example, there is a scene where one young tribute is slowly eaten alive by wolf-like creatures all night long, and katniss has to finally throw a weapon at him to end his misery. i found this a little too disturbing when i considered the age of the character.

the intensity of the action was something one would find in a more mature book, but the age of the characters and the simplicity of the prose were aimed at a much younger audience. in addition, this book was written in present tense, which i found annoying, but that’s more of a personal preference than a stylistic fault. it was also edited somewhat poorly, but that rarely distracted from the plot. for example, the author often spoke in sentence fragments to describe how katniss felt, which might have been an attempt to reflect on her thought process, but i found it disorienting to read a lot of really short sentences all together. it would have been better to vary the sentence length on occasion, but the story was still coherently.

overall,  the hunger games  was an excellent, enthralling read that i highly recommend. if it was more clearly marked for older teens, it would have been better, but it was a fantastic book with a wonderfully creative plot.

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