Read the passage from "Bullying in Early Adolescence."
What is the author's purpose in choosing the problem-
solution text structure in the passage?
We cannot assume that bullying among young
adolescents is a simple interaction between a bully and
a victim. Instead, recent studies and media reports
suggest that there are groups of students who support
their peers and sometimes participate in teasing and
harassing other students. It seems important for
families, schools, and other community institutions to
help children and young adolescents learn how to
manage, and potentially change, the pressure to hurt
their classmates in order to "fit in."
O to show the events that occur during bullying
O to show how bullying is different from other issues
O to emphasize how bullying can result in different
situations
O to emphasize that bullying is a serious issue and
what actions can be taken