Question

Read the excerpt from a formal letter. The woods behind the high school have become littered with trash. The students at the school are partly responsible for the problem. We are often careless with our trash when we are in the schoolyard. Since we helped make the mess, we should organize a clean-up day. Which sentence from the paragraph best identifies the letter’s purpose? The woods behind the high school have become littered with trash. As students at the school, we are partly responsible for the problem. We are often careless with our trash when we are in the schoolyard. Since we helped make the mess, we should organize a clean-up day.

Answer 1

The answer is D. Since we helped make the mess, we should organize a clean-up day.

Answer 2

Option 4: Since we helped make the mess, we should organize a clean-up day.

The letter's purpose is to show that the woods' pollution was caused by the students and call them to action: to gather and organize a clean-up day.

• First, the letter presents the problem: The woods nearby the school are polluted.
• Second, it shows the cause of it: The students are partly responsible, they are careless.
• Third, it states a logical conclusion: They made the mess, they should organize to clean it all up.