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?
A)
to explain how year-round schooling works
B)
to describe the schedule of a year-round school
to teach the audience how to begin year-round schooling
D)
to convince the audience that year-round schooling is harmful