Read the sentence from Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Select the word or phrase that helps the reader understand the meaning of the allusion “the genie in the ‘Arabian Nights.’” Having laid out all these luxuries, my two visitors vanished away, like the genie in “Arabian Nights,” with no explanation save that the things had been paid for and were ordered to this address.

The genie has magical powers to give gifts, and it appears and vanishes unexpectedly.

Explanation:

The genie explains nothing, just serves magically.

which of the following was specifically permitted by the emancipation proclamation?

free african americans were allowed to fight for the confederacy.

free african americans were allowed to enlist in the union army and navy.

enslaved people in border states were allowed to move to the north.

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compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.