With the debris we chopped out of the slope we tried to build up the platform on the downhill side, but almost invariably saw it collapse and go roaring down over the bluffs below. at times we were buffeted by wind and snow, yet we worked doggedly on, knowing that our tent was our only chance of survival against the rigors of the night. which statement best describes the author’s purpose in this excerpt? to inform the readers about how they set up their tent to persuade readers to use caution in the mountains to describe what the debris was made out of to entertain readers with a suspenseful episode

The correct answer is A. To inform the readers about how they set up their tent

Explanation:

In the excerpt presented, the narrator or author describes different actions he and his team had to to in order to set up their tent and survive this includes details such as "we tried to build up the platform on the downhill side" or "we were buffeted by wind and snow" that describe the difficulties while trying to set up the tent and at the same time the need of this tent "our tent was our only chance of survival against the rigors of the night". This shows the purpose of this excerpt is not to entertain or persuade the reader but to inform or explain all the actions that were necessary to set up the tent or "to inform the readers about how they set up their tent".

the answer is mary made mudpies on monday.

remember alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.  

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