In this excerpt, the author uses persuasive speech to

Read this excerpt from "Educate Yourself" by Marcus

Garvey

Your language being English you should study the English

language thoroughly. To know the English language

thoroughly you ought to be acquainted with Latin, because

most of the English words are of Latin origin. It is also

advisable that you know the French language because

most of the books that you read in English carry Latin and

French phrases and words. There is no use reading a page

or paragraph of a book or even a sentence without

understanding it

O convince readers that Latin is better than English

O encourage readers to study both Latin and French

O argue that it is best to read foreign-language books.

O persuade customers to buy a French dictionary.

It is also advisable that you know the French language because most of the books that you read in English carry Latin and French phrases and words. There is no use reading a page or paragraph of a book or even a sentence without understanding it-This statement encourage readers to study both Latin and French

Explanation:

In the statement stated in the above question the author insist on the fact that a person/individual who is reading an English book needs to have good knowledge not only about English language but they should also have knowledge about both Latin and french language because in English books we come across many words that are derived from Latin language or the french language.

Therefore the author encourages the reader to study both Latin and french language.

Option (2) encourage readers to study both Latin and French

B is your answer