How does the speaker's rhetorical question in paragraph 2 support the purpose of the speech?

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonists from a) britain b) portugal c) spain d) italy

A. to transition the reader smoothly from one idea or moment intime to the nextob. to grab readers' attention and get them interested in the essay'smain topicc. to provide more supporting details about the essay's main ideasor topicod. to sum up the overall point of the essay and make a lastingimpression

From part ii of the novel, pick one paragraph in which the author uses semicolons. read over your chosen paragraph and in 200 words, discuss the effect of using semicolons in order to create longer phrases.