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Read the passage and decide whether each phrase
supports the author's purpose of showing how lovely
and full of life the place was.
Along the roads, laurel, viburnum and alder, great
ferns and wildflowers delighted the traveler's eye
through much of the year. Even in winter the
roadsides were places of beauty where
countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the
seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow
-Silent Spring,
Rachel Carson

The phrases "places of beauty", "wildflowers delighted", and "countless birds" all support and give credence to the loveliness and liveliness of the place.

However, the neutral words that do not directly support the author's purpose, the neutral phrases "the snow", "in winter", "along the roads" are just used to describe the weather and road without supporting the author's description of liveliness.

JackelineCasarez JackelineCasarez · Answer 2 · 2021-12-09T13:33:19+01:00

The phrases that most adequately back the author's purpose of narrating how lovely and lively the place was:

Supports author's purpose

- Wildflowers delighted

- Places of beauty

- Countless birds

Is Neutral

- The snow

- In winter

- Along the roads

The above-mentioned words most likely categorize the phrases that are neutral in the role and the ones that serve the purpose that the author is aiming to convey.
The author's viewpoint in the excerpt is to show the beauty and spirit of nature which is reflected through the phrases like 'delight of wildflowers,' 'places of beauty,' etc.
While the ones that convey objective viewpoints without any opinion of the author include "the snow," "in winter," etc.

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