Question

Read the passage.

excerpt from How to Behave: A Pocket Manual of Republican Etiquette by Samuel R. Wells

Good manners are not to be put on and off with one's best clothes. Politeness is an article for every-day wear. If you don it only on special and rare occasions, it will be sure to sit awkwardly upon you. If you are not well behaved in your own family circle, you will hardly be truly so anywhere, however strictly you may conform to the observances of good breeding, when in society. The true gentleman or lady is a gentleman or lady at all times and in all places, at home as well as abroad, in the field, or workshop, or in the kitchen, as well as in the parlor. A snob is a snob always and everywhere.

What is the author's purpose in this passage?

Question 18 options:

To convince people to freely express their emotions.


To persuade people to demonstrate good manners at all times.


To encourage people to embrace the feeling of superiority over others.

Answer 1

"To persuade people to demonstrate good manners at all times"

Step-by-step explanation:

By gathering information on the excerpt, we can see the answer is B because it states, "Good manners are not to be put on and off with one's best clothes. Politeness is an article for every-day wear."

More examples include:

"If you are not well behaved in your own family circle, you will hardly be truly so anywhere"

"The true gentleman or lady is a gentleman or lady at all times and in all places, ... A snob is a snob always and everywhere."