Excerpt from Preparing for PersuasionCarole Jenkins(1) Persuasive writing tries to influence listeners or readers to accept a position on a distinct issue or to act in a certain way. (2) This type of writing may include advertisements, editorials, speeches, letters, and articles in newspapers or magazines. (3) Other types of writing are narrative, descriptive, and expository. (4) Before attempting to gain support of others on a particular issue or course of action, you must have an awareness of the intended audience and a clear understanding of your opinion or position on the issue. Which sentence does not belong in this passage

(3) Other types of writing are narrative, descriptive, and expository.

Explanation:

The third sentence i.e. 'other types of ... expository' do not belong to the content of the given passage as it goes out of the context. The key idea of the passage is to explain persuasive writing, the types of persuasive writing, and how to influence and gain the support of the desired audience group while the third sentence goes completely irrelevant as it talks about other types of writing that make it illogical and go out of the coherence of the passage. Thus, option 3 is the correct answer.

new york state wildlife expert richard thomas found that a woodchuck could   chuck around 35 feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. thomas reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would chuck an amount equivalent to the weight of the dirt, or 700 pounds.