Read the excerpt from it's our world, too! : young people who are making a difference. neto decided to ask andy percifield for . percifield was the student council president, a tall, red-haired senior who always read the morning announcements over the p. a. system. neto didn't know him, but people who did said percifield was smart and fair. maybe he would know what to do. neto was waiting by andy's locker the next morning. "he had tears in his eyes," andy remembers. "he said that adult fans were swearing at the mexican players and that it wasn't fair. he was really hurting. he said, 'is there any way you can ? ' i told him i'd try." the author’s purpose in this excerpt is to prompt an emotion in the reader. convey details about the characters. encourage the reader to do something. express an opinion about a topic.

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival.what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader