Question

ever since i was a little girl, i had heard about our house in guyana. it was beautiful: a long white box with a series of windows, each shaded by delicate lattice shutters. like all the houses in the area, where the land easily floods, it sat on slender stilts; underneath was what was called the bottomhouse, where the chickens strutted about. -sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos what is the authors purpose in this paragraph? to entertain readers with a detailed story about a flood to inform readers about the lives of workers on sugar plantations to inform readers with descriptive details about her familys home to persuade readers that having stilts on homes is the best way to avoid flood damage

Explanation:

The paragraph focuses on describing the author's family - home in Guyana, including its appearance and features like stilts due to flooding. It provides descriptive details about the home rather than entertaining with a flood - story, informing about sugar plantation workers, or persuading about stilt - use.

Answer:

to inform readers with descriptive details about her family's home