Question
The article states:
"The whole world opened to me when I learned to read," [Bethune] said. Back home on Sundays, she shared what she learned with other kids: "Poetry, reading, songs…I would give to them as often as I got. As I got, I gave."
Why did the author include this passage?
To tell that Bethune went to school to avoid working on the farm
To describe Bethune's unique methods of instruction for reading
To show that Sunday was Bethune's busiest day of the week
To point out that Bethune found value in education from an early age
"The whole world opened to me when I learned to read," [Bethune] said. Back home on Sundays, she shared what she learned with other kids: "Poetry, reading, songs…I would give to them as often as I got. As I got, I gave."
Why did the author include this passage?
To tell that Bethune went to school to avoid working on the farm
To describe Bethune's unique methods of instruction for reading
To show that Sunday was Bethune's busiest day of the week
To point out that Bethune found value in education from an early age
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The author included this passage "To point out that Bethune found value in education from an early age." This is evidenced by Bethune's statement about how learning to read opened up the world to her and her desire to share that knowledge with other children.