The words in this excerpt from passage 2 refine the author's account of his speech in that: They specify what Beecher hopes to accomplish with his speech.
- The purpose of a speech refers to the reasons why the speaker makes his speech. The purpose of a speech could be to inform, entertain, or persuade.
- In this excerpt from the passage above, we learn that the reason why Beecher made his speech was to convince the people who were yet indecisive on the subject he was about to discuss.
Therefore, sentence B is correct.
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