Which of the following are characteristics of an expository essay? select all that apply.
a. it is essentially an overview of a text's themes.
b. it presents a balanced view of a topic.
c. it often compares and contrasts two or more things.
d. it typically contains an author's opinions.
select all that apply

Why do people live together and form societies

Read these excerpts. lincoln's "gettysburg address." it is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. whitman's "o captain! my captain! ". exult, o shores, and ring, o bells! but i, with mournful tread, walk the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead. which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use? logos: the use of logic to convince the audience pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings brevity: writing or speaking that is short, brief, and to the point ethos: the use of authority to persuade the audience to act the right way

The point of view in the novel can best be described as third-person omniscient third-person limited second-person first-person