Comparing Authors’ Purposes Answers

Think about Ann Petry’s main purpose for writing the passage from Harriet Tubman and Harriet Jacobs’s main purpose for writing the passage from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.Which statements best compare these purposes? Choose three correct answers.Both authors describe how an enslaved person felt while trying to escape.Both authors try to make readers laugh at surprising details in a story.Both authors explain how an enslaved person received help from a free person.Both authors argue th