The process is simple, but the results could be extraordinary. fill out an application at lakeside park today. working as a park monitor will provide hours of fun in the sun this summer and a glimpse of a career in forestry. full- and part-time jobs are now available. don’t miss your chance to enjoy life at the lake. seize this opportunity now! what is the author’s purpose? to entertain readers with an anecdote about working at a park to inform readers about the responsibilities of a park monitor to inform readers about careers in the forestry industry to persuade readers to apply for employment at the park

The correct answer is that the author's purpose is to persuade readers to apply for employment at the park. In order to do this, he tells the reader about the advantages of working at the park, and he provides information about the availability of full- and part-time jobs. Moreover, the author portrays working at the park as a unique and extraordinary opportunity in order to convince the reader.

D) to persuade readers to apply for employment at the park.

Explanation: When writing, an author can use several devices in order to persuade, inform or impact the audience in the desired way. From the given options, the one that represents the author's purpose in the given excerpt, is the corresponding to option D: to persuade readers to apply for employment at the park, because it doesn't only list the benefits of working as a park monitor, but also it invites people to apply with the phrase "Don’t miss your chance to enjoy life at the lake. Seize this opportunity now!"

umm there is no difference

great question btw!