Based on the context of the story, it can be inferred that the author's purpose for including the last paragraph is to create a sense of tension about Maggie's decision to leave home (option C).
How to identify the author's purpose with this paragraph?
To identify the author's purpose with that paragraph we must follow these steps:
- Read the entire text again.
- Read the paragraph again.
- Find the relationship between the paragraph and the rest of the text.
- Identify the central theme of the paragraph.
Once we have performed these steps we can easily infer the author's purpose. According to the history of this text and the sentences used in it, it can be inferred that Maggie thinks about her past but also about the future that she can build by making this decision.
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