Supports Purpose Is Neutral
Read the passage and decide whether each phrase
supports the author's purpose of showing how lovely
and full of life the place was.
Along the roads i laurel, viburnum and alder, great
ferns and wildflowers delighted the traveler's eye
through much of the year. Even in winter the
roadsides were places of beauty, where
countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the
seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Intro