What is the author's purpose in the article "Improving Old MacDonald's Farm"? to convince readers to only purchase products from responsible farms

to persuade people to stop eating meat to curb pollution

to explain the purpose of conducting soil tests on farms

to describe how agricultural activities are polluting water

Which excerpt from the passage provides evidence of a chronological structure? o “slavery was abolished thirty years before the emancipation proclamation." "the sugar plantation owners were desperate." "so the british owners looked to another part of the empire." "thousands of men and women were given five-year contracts.

A. to transition the reader smoothly from one idea or moment intime to the nextob. to grab readers' attention and get them interested in the essay'smain topicc. to provide more supporting details about the essay's main ideasor topicod. to sum up the overall point of the essay and make a lastingimpression

Ispeak without a mouth and hear without ears. i have no body, but i come alive with wind. what am i?