Supports Purpose Is Neutral
Read the passage and decide whether each phrase
supports the author's purpose of showing how lovely
and full of life the place was.
Along the roads i laurel, viburnum and alder, great
ferns and wildflowers delighted the traveler's eye
through much of the year. Even in winter the
roadsides were places of beauty, where
countless birds came to feed on the berries and on the
seed heads of the dried weeds rising above the snow
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
Intro

Explanation:

Note the quote from Rodriguez's write up;

"I would propose that instead of adopting the Canadian model of multiculturalism, America might begin to imagine the Mexican alternative that of a mestizaje society.

Because of colonial Mexico, I am mestizo. But I was reinvented by President Richard Nixon. In the early 1970s, Nixon instructed the Office of Management and Budget to identify the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States. OMB came up with five major ethnic or racial groups. The groups are white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Eskimo, and Hispanic".

This is an exaggeration because Rodriguez speaks of himself as though he was personally been identified by President Nikon when he gave instructions to the Office of Management and Budget when in fact it was a general reference to Hispanics.