Question

read the excerpt from enrique’s journey. he was five years old when his mother left him. now he is almost another person. in the window glass, he sees a battered young man, scrawny and disfigured. it angers him, and it steels his determination to push northward. read the excerpt from \children of the drug wars.\ children from central america have been making that journey, often without their parents, for two decades. but lately something has changed, and the predictable flow has turned into an exodus. three years ago, about 6,800 children were detained by united states immigration authorities and placed in federal custody; this year, as many as 90,000 children are expected to be picked up. how do details from the excerpts support the author’s purpose? ○ in the first excerpt, the author uses facts and statistics, while in the second excerpt, the author uses words that appeal to readers’ emotions. ○ in the first excerpt, the author relies on third-person point of view, while in the second excerpt, the author uses first-person point of view. ○ in the first excerpt, the author uses words to persuade the reader, while in the second excerpt, the author uses language to entertain the reader. ○ in the first excerpt, the author uses narrative techniques and figurative language, while in the second excerpt, the author includes facts to persuade.

Explanation:

• Analyze the first option: The first excerpt (from Enrique’s Journey) uses narrative and figurative language (e.g., "battered young man, scrawny and disfigured") rather than facts/statistics, so this is incorrect.
• Analyze the second option: Both excerpts use third - person point of view (the first refers to "he", the second to "children" in a general, third - person way), so this is incorrect.
• Analyze the third option: The purpose of both excerpts is to inform/persuade about the situation of immigrant children, not to entertain in the second excerpt, so this is incorrect.
• Analyze the fourth option: The first excerpt from Enrique’s Journey uses narrative techniques (telling Enrique's story) and figurative language (describing his appearance). The second excerpt from Children of the Drug Wars includes facts (numbers of children detained, expected to be picked up) to persuade readers about the scale of the immigrant children issue. This matches the details of the excerpts.

Answer:

D. In the first excerpt, the author uses narrative techniques and figurative language, while in the second excerpt, the author includes facts to persuade.