The author’s purpose in this excerpt is to teach readers about a code system used during the American Revolution. persuade readers that ciphers are the greatest American invention. argue that Major Tallmadge made a mistake in sharing copies of his codes. compare the American codes for secret letters to the British codes.
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The correct answer is option A.
The author’s purpose in this excerpt is to teach readers about code system used during the American Revolution.
This excerpt has been taken from " Tools of the Spymaster. "
The other three options are incorrect and not based on the excerpt.
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The American and the British spies made use of secret codes in order to conceal the message they were trying to communicate.
A cipher refers to the symbols, letters and numbers which are used as a substitute to the real ones.
In order to break a cipher one must know the coded symbols, numbers and letters. This method was quite useful during the first and the second world war.
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