diary entry: after the great crash\n1 january 30, 1930. what a gray day. i tried fixing my skates in case…

diary entry: after the great crash\n1 january 30, 1930. what a gray day. i tried fixing my skates in case the pond freezes, but when i went to try them on, i realized i had outgrown them. theyre lying in the corner now, useless and lonely. poor skates! i wonder if things need us more than we need them; if we dont use them, dont they just start to fade away?\n2 i wouldnt mind the surly weather and the wasted afternoon so much if there were even a ray of sunshine, but the news is as bleak as the sky. my cousin rudy in buffalo wrote to say he lost his job. my dad says thats the fault of the stock market crash.\n3 he should know. he used to work for mr. mcguire. on october 28 of last year, mr. mcguire was a wealthy man. by the end of the next day, october 29, mr. mcguire was ruined. that was the day the stock market crashed. all his investments lost their value. he let my dad go a month later.\nwhat is the authors main purpose in the passage\n□ to reflect\n□ to narrate\n□ to explain\n□ to describe\npart b\nwhat detail most clearly illustrates that purpose?\n□ \i tried fixing my skates in case the pond freezes, but when i went to try them on, i realized i had outgrown them.\ (paragraph 1)\n□ \my dad says thats the fault of the stock market crash.\ (paragraph 2)\n□ \by the end of the next day, october 29, mr. mcguire was ruined.\ (paragraph 3)\n□ \what i dont understand is how our country could let this happen.\ (paragraph 4)

diary entry: after the great crash\n1 january 30, 1930. what a gray day. i tried fixing my skates in case the pond freezes, but when i went to try them on, i realized i had outgrown them. theyre lying in the corner now, useless and lonely. poor skates! i wonder if things need us more than we need them; if we dont use them, dont they just start to fade away?\n2 i wouldnt mind the surly weather and the wasted afternoon so much if there were even a ray of sunshine, but the news is as bleak as the sky. my cousin rudy in buffalo wrote to say he lost his job. my dad says thats the fault of the stock market crash.\n3 he should know. he used to work for mr. mcguire. on october 28 of last year, mr. mcguire was a wealthy man. by the end of the next day, october 29, mr. mcguire was ruined. that was the day the stock market crashed. all his investments lost their value. he let my dad go a month later.\nwhat is the authors main purpose in the passage\n□ to reflect\n□ to narrate\n□ to explain\n□ to describe\npart b\nwhat detail most clearly illustrates that purpose?\n□ \i tried fixing my skates in case the pond freezes, but when i went to try them on, i realized i had outgrown them.\ (paragraph 1)\n□ \my dad says thats the fault of the stock market crash.\ (paragraph 2)\n□ \by the end of the next day, october 29, mr. mcguire was ruined.\ (paragraph 3)\n□ \what i dont understand is how our country could let this happen.\ (paragraph 4)

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Brief Explanations:

  • Part A: The text is written in a diary - entry style, telling a sequence of events (like the author's attempt with skates, news about the cousin losing a job, and the story about Mr. McGuire). This is characteristic of a narrative.
  • Part B: The statement “By the end of the next day, October 29, Mr. McGuire was ruined. That was the day the stock market crashed. All his investments lost their value. He let my dad go a month later.” clearly shows a sequence of events (Mr. McGuire's ruin due to the crash and then the author's dad losing his job), which is in line with the narrative purpose.

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Part A: to narrate Part B: “By the end of the next day, October 29, Mr. McGuire was ruined.” (paragraph 3)