Final answer:
The passage is an Explanation that provides a reason for the long grass, specifically due to a broken lawn mower. Explanations often mirror the structure of thesis statements, incorporating fact, opinion, and reasoning. Similar reasoning applies to everyday deductions, such as a car's dead battery or a dog's behavior. The correct answer is option D.
Step-by-step explanation:
The passage "My grass is so long because my lawn mower broke down a few weeks ago and I haven't been able to mow" is an example of an Explanation. This type of statement provides a reason for a situation, which in this case is the untrimmed grass resulting from a broken lawn mower. An Explanation is a statement that clarifies why something is the way it is, and often follows the structure of a thesis statement, including a factual situation, a reasoning or opinion, and the logic connecting the two.
If we were to formulate a thesis statement based on this explanation, it might look like this: "The grass has grown long, which I believe is undesirable, because the lawn mower, which is critical for maintaining the lawn, has malfunctioned." This statement contains the fact (long grass), the opinion (it's undesirable), and the reasoning (lawn mower breakdown).
In everyday life, we make similar reasoning when trying to understand why something has happened, as in deductive reasoning about a dead car battery or a mischievous dog eating pumpkin bread.