Question

Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of The Travels of Marco Polo. This province produces great quantities of excellent white incense, and also dates in great abundance. No grain is grown here except rice, and not much of that; but it is imported from abroad at a big profit. Fish is plentiful, notably tunnies of large size, which are so abundant that two of them can be bought for a Venetian groat. The staple diet consists of rice, meat, and fish. What is the author’s reason for writing this text? to persuade the reader to follow a certain diet to convince the reader to travel to Shihr to inform the reader about the products and foods that a region offers to entertain the reader with stories about what the author has bought

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is: The author uses the word "excellent" to describe the incense grown in the province.

Explanation:

An opinion is a point of view or judgement of something, which is not necessarily based on evidence or observation. In the excerpt from "The Travels of Marco Polo," the narrator indicates his opinion of the incense the province produces with the word excellent, which means extremely good or outstanding.

The rest of the alternatives are incorrect because they are based on facts and knowledge, and not someone's view or feeling.

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Answer 2

Answer: C

Explanation:

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