Question

Which phrase best describes the purpose of this passage? Our town should invest in more bike lanes. Currently, we have only one road with a bike lane, and it's the busiest road in town. We need bike lanes on smaller streets that connect homes with schools and businesses. The safer people feel on their bikes, the more they'll ride, and the healthier our town will be. A. To entertain readers with a funny story about biking to work B. To inform readers about how to ride from their homes to school C. To persuade people to bike to work and school more often D. To persuade people to support new bike lanes in a town​

Answer 1

The phrase that best describes the purpose of this passage is "D. To persuade people to support new bike lanes in a town." The passage argues that the town should invest in more bike lanes on smaller streets to improve safety for cyclists and encourage more people to ride their bikes, which would ultimately lead to a healthier town. The author's main goal is to persuade readers to support the idea of new bike lanes in the town.