Question

read the sentence from a paper on gullivers travels. swift wrote gullivers travels so he could humorously criticize the government. this statement describes swifts belief purpose style theme.

Explanation:

To determine the correct option, we analyze each term:

• "Belief" refers to a conviction, but the sentence is about why Swift wrote the book, not his beliefs.
• "Purpose" relates to the reason or intention behind an action. The phrase "so he could..." indicates the reason (intention) for writing Gulliver’s Travels, so this matches.
• "Style" refers to the way of writing (e.g., humorous, formal), but the sentence is about the reason for writing, not the writing style.
• "Theme" is the central idea or message of a work, while this sentence is about the author’s intention for writing, not the work’s theme.

Answer:

B. purpose