If the author's primary purpose in "how to prepare for a road trip" is to inform students about how to prepare for a road trip, what is most likely her secondary purpose?
a.to persuade readers that they should do something exciting over the summer
b.to persuade students to ask their parents for money to take a trip
c.to persuade students to avoid college as long as possible
d.to inquire about how many students have saved enough money to buy a car

The author's secondary purpose is the following one:

A.To persuade readers that they should do something exciting over the summer.

If the author chose to write about what it takes to be all set for a road trip, it means engaging in such an activity is something she probably enjoys doing. The very fact that the author knows about the procedures to be followed shows it. Therefore, if the author truly likes going on road trips, that feeling of hers will be there somehow, at least between the lines. Whoever likes something tends to try to share it with others and convince them to do the same.

The words as well

Explanation:

Those parts of the passage signal that the carrots and beets are being compared, if you try using the word in that sentence without the comparison it'd just end up sounding weird.

For example, if you just read the sentence;

Beets are as well.

You know they are comparing beets to something but you can't tell what.

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