Which supporting detail is most helpful in determining whether the author's
purpose is to inform, explain, persuade, inspire, or entertain?
Detective Glasburry grabbed his coat and slipped silently out the door.
All around him, the London streets were filled with fog. He could barely
see several feet into the distance. Somewhere out there was the
evidence he was looking for. Just as the sun would eventually burn off
this concealing fog, so, too, would he evaporate the layers of mystery
surrounding the missing key. He smiled with pleasure as the knot of
the mystery began to unravel itself in his mind. The key, he realized,
had once been in the possession of Mrs. Amelia Melongood.
A...the London streets were filled with fog.
B. He smiled with pleasure as the knot of the mystery began to
unravel itself in his mind.
C. the sun would eventually burn off this concealing fog...
D. The key, he realized, had once been in the possession of Mrs.
Amelia Melongood.