Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text? [RI.2]
A. The traits your parents pass down to you are more responsible for the person you become than outside influences.
B. Outside influences, such as where you grow up and the way you grow up, have a stronger impact on the person you become than traits passed down by your parents.
C. While the traits your parents pass down help make you who you are, outside influences also play an important role.
D. Scientists are completely unsure of how nurture and nature combine to make people who they are.

In the space below, write a 1000-word essay presenting information about an author’s style. reference the author’s work as well as other researched sources. a successful essay will be focused on one specific aspect of the author’s style, give three references to the author’s work, give three references to other sources, and use correct citations.

Which two characteristics are basic parts of a literary analysis essay about a play

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