Question

I believe that Seneca School District should not start year-round classes, as this would harm many students and teachers. Having year-round classes with short breaks could save our school money, but could harm students' educations. I believe that having four, rather than one, extended breaks will make students forget more information. Students need to review after their current summer breaks and will need to review three times more per year if they are given four extended breaks. Also, students will not be able to get summer jobs or be involved in summer camps if they go to school during the summer. Furthermore, some of the schools in our district do not have air conditioning, which makes them inappropriate for use during the summer. Read this draft of the beginning of an argumentative speech. Which of these choices BEST states the author's purpose in writing this speech? I believe that Seneca School District should not start year-round classes, as this would harm many students and teachers. Having year-round classes with short breaks could save our school money, but could harm students' educations. I believe that having four, rather than one, extended breaks will make students forget more information. Students need to review after their current summer breaks and will need to review three times more per year if they are given four extended breaks. Also, students will not be able to get summer jobs or be involved in summer camps if they go to school during the summer. Furthermore, some of the schools in our district do not have air conditioning, which makes them inappropriate for use during the summer. Read this draft of the beginning of an argumentative speech. Which of these choices BEST states the author's purpose in writing this speech? to teach the audience how to begin year-round schooling to describe the schedule of a year-round school to convince the audience that year-round schooling is harmful to explain how year-round schooling works

Answer 1

The author's purpose in writing this speech is to convince the audience that year-round schooling is harmful. The author presents several reasons why year-round schooling would be negative for students and teachers, such as that it would make students forget more information, would prevent them from getting summer jobs or being involved in summer camps, and that some of the schools in the district do not have air conditioning. The author's goal is to persuade the audience to not implement year-round classes in the Seneca School District.