Produce Clear and Coherent Writing Practice Test

Jamal is writing an argument essay for his teacher to persuade the school to allow students to use phones during lunch. Here is his draft:

"Phones are cool and everyone likes them. If we could use them at lunch, it would be fun and people would stop being bored. Also, my cousin’s school lets them, and it’s fine. Teachers should just chill because lunch is our time anyway. Like, what is the big deal?"

Which statement best evaluates whether Jamal’s writing is appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience?

Marcus is writing a class essay (audience: teacher) analyzing why a character in a novel made a difficult choice. Here is his draft paragraph:

"The character made the choice because stuff happened. It was like, super intense and you know what I mean. Anyway, the author was probably trying to show a theme or whatever. The character was mad and then did it."

Which option best identifies the main issue with Marcus’s clarity and style for this task and audience?