Question 4 Points 2 identify the author's purpose in the excerpt below. in the dark autumn of 1914 the City sprang up almost in a night, as if by enchantment. It was white magic that called it into being-the deep, quiet, strong impulse of compassion and protection that moved the motherly heart of Holland when she saw the hundreds of thousands of Belgian fugitives pouring out of their bleeding, ravaged land, and running, stumbling creeping on hands and knees. blindly, instinctively turning to her for safety and help. "Come to me," she said. like a good woman who holds out her arms and spreads her knees to make a lap for tired and frightened children, "come to me. I will take care of you. You shall be safe with me." All doors were open. The little brick farmhouses and cottages with their gayly painted window-shutters; the long rows of city houses with their steep gables: the prim and placid country mansions set among their high trees and formal flower-gardens-all kinds of dwellings, from the poorest to the richest, welcomed these guests of sorrow and distress. Many a humble family drained its savings-bank reservoir to keep the stream of its hospitality flowing. Unused factories were turned into barracks. Deserted summer hotels were filled up. Even empty greenhouses were adapted to the need of human horticulture. All Holland was enrolled, formally or informally. in a big Comite voor Belgische Slachtoffers. • To inform O To entertain O To educate • To describe Complete Later

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Question 4

Points 2

identify the author's purpose in the excerpt below.

in the dark autumn of 1914 the City sprang up almost in a night, as if by enchantment.

It was white magic that called it into being-the deep, quiet, strong impulse of compassion and protection that moved the motherly heart of Holland when she saw the hundreds of thousands

of Belgian fugitives pouring out of their bleeding, ravaged land, and running, stumbling creeping on hands and knees. blindly, instinctively turning to her for safety and help.

"Come to me," she said. like a good woman who holds out her arms and spreads her knees to make a lap for tired and frightened children, "come to me. I will take care of you. You shall be

safe with me."

All doors were open. The little brick farmhouses and cottages with their gayly painted window-shutters; the long rows of city houses with their steep gables: the prim and placid country

mansions set among their high trees and formal flower-gardens-all kinds of dwellings, from the poorest to the richest, welcomed these guests of sorrow and distress. Many a humble family

drained its savings-bank reservoir to keep the stream of its hospitality flowing. Unused factories were turned into barracks. Deserted summer hotels were filled up. Even empty greenhouses

were adapted to the need of human horticulture. All Holland was enrolled, formally or informally. in a big Comite voor Belgische Slachtoffers.

• To inform

O To entertain

O To educate

• To describe

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The author's purpose in the excerpt is to describe the events that occurred in the dark autumn of 1914, when Holland opened its doors to the Belgian refugees...

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Question 4

Points 2

identify the author's purpose in the excerpt below.

in the dark autumn of 1914 the City sprang up almost in a night, as if by enchantment.

It was white magic that called it into being-the deep, quiet, strong impulse of compassion and protection that moved the motherly heart of Holland when she saw the hundreds of thousands

of Belgian fugitives pouring out of their bleeding, ravaged land, and running, stumbling creeping on hands and knees. blindly, instinctively turning to her for safety and help.

"Come to me," she said. like a good woman who holds out her arms and spreads her knees to make a lap for tired and frightened children, "come to me. I will take care of you. You shall be

safe with me."

All doors were open. The little brick farmhouses and cottages with their gayly painted window-shutters; the long rows of city houses with their steep gables: the prim and placid country

mansions set among their high trees and formal flower-gardens-all kinds of dwellings, from the poorest to the richest, welcomed these guests of sorrow and distress. Many a humble family

drained its savings-bank reservoir to keep the stream of its hospitality flowing. Unused factories were turned into barracks. Deserted summer hotels were filled up. Even empty greenhouses

were adapted to the need of human horticulture. All Holland was enrolled, formally or informally. in a big Comite voor Belgische Slachtoffers.

• To inform

O To entertain

O To educate

• To describe

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To describe

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The author's purpose in the excerpt is to describe the events that occurred in the dark autumn of 1914, when Holland opened its doors to the Belgian refugees...