Authors Purpose
What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A. To explain how volcanoes work
B. To entertain the reader with a fictional adventure story
C. To describe a personal moment of gaining confidence
D. To persuade the reader to speak more in class
C. To describe a personal moment of gaining confidence
Which quotation from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “I had just read a library book about Pompeii the night before…”
B. “My heart was thudding like it was trying to escape my chest.”
C. “That was the first time I realized that my voice mattered.”
D. “It was Mount Vesuvius,” I said, my voice a
C. “That was the first time I realized that my voice mattered.”