Read Gidget’s blog.Blog: Gidget Loves GadgetsPOST:Guys, you know me, you know that there isn’t a device that I can resist. New technology! Yippee! Bring it on. But when I heard that they are soon going to bring cell-phone service to the subway tunnels I gasped. (Okay, maybe it wasn’t a gasp, but it sure was a sigh!) Are you really going to unleash at least twenty-five cell-phone calls in a crowded train at rush hour? Why can’t people just make their calls on the subway platform before they get on the train? This is one case where just because we can do it, does it really need to be done?
Answer
A
to instruct and teach readers
B
to advertise local businesses or products
C
to offer technical explanations
D
to persuade readers toward the writer’s point of view
Explanation
Gidget argues that cell-phone service should not be brought into subway tunnels, pointing out that calls would disturb people on crowded trains and could be made on the platform instead. The rhetorical question at the end encourages readers to agree with her opinion. So the blog post’s purpose is to persuade readers toward the writer’s point of view, not to advertise or explain technology.
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