The little one-cylinder water-cooled motors weren't real dependable; they'd take you out but seldom brought you back. so dad started looking for a better one. the sears catalog offered a little one-horsepower, lightweight, air-cooled motor. it wasn't much bigger than an old-time coffeepot, but dad finally got up enough nerve to order one. from totch: a life in the everglades by loren g. "totch" brown which word best describes the style of this passage? a. serious b. informal c. formal d. scholarly

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.

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