What is the author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph of “The Sandia Mountains”? to give the reader basic statistics about the Sandia Mountains

to persuade the reader to visit the Sandia Mountains

to convince the reader that the Sandia Mountains are special

to describe for the reader what the Sandia Mountains look like

to describe for the reader what the Sandia Mountains look like

Explanation:

In the second paragraph of “The Sandia Mountains” the author is describe what the Sandia Mountains look like so theres your answer.

question 1: d) the old man continued, "in the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies.'"

question 2: d) by providing a different perspective and encouraging the englishman to never give up, the boy him to discover the alchemist.

question 3: c) the stones he gave santiago the boy to recognize omens, which will him on his journey to find his personal legend.

question 4: d) when the englishman wants to quit, santiago doesn’t allow the englishman to give up.

question 5: a) by instructing the englishman to go and try, the englishman is motivated to continue on his journey toward his personal legend.

explanation:

i believe the answer is: b. mr. head had a long, tube-like face with a rounded open jaw and a short depressed nose.

this is because in the un-revised sentence it said that mr. heads face was long and tube-like, and he had a rounded open jaw. this is not a very grammatically correct because of how it seems to drag on with the and, replaced with, with, makes it sound more fluent in the description.