Question

What is the main purpose of this excerpt from A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens?
The whole country (England) was covered with forests, and swamps. The greater part of it was very misty and cold. There were no roads, no
bridges, no streets, no houses that you would think deserving of the name. A town was nothing but a collection of straw.covered huts,
hidden in a thick wood, with a ditch all round, and a low wall, made of mud, or the trunks of trees placed one upon another. The people
planted little or no corn, but lived upon the flesh of their flocks and cattle. They made no coins, but used metal rings for money. They were
clever in basket-work, as savage people often are, and they could make a coarse kind of cloth, and some very bad earthenware. But in
building fortresses they were much more dever.
a. to inform
b. to instruct
c. to express
d. to entertain
e. to persuade ​

Answer 1

Answer:

A to inform- it is informative due to how it is descriptive of the setting rather than trying to instruct, persuade, entertain, or express.