Read the excerpt from an op-ed. as a candidate for the westwood board of education, raj mathur has the necessary community experience to excel. he is a member of the chamber of commerce and several other township committees and community groups. i have worked beside him in our real estate office for three years. he has been a mentor to me, willingly sharing his wisdom of not only the business, but the community as well. i believe that he is well qualified for the board of education job.
which elements of an op-ed are evident in the excerpt?
select three options.
the op-ed shares opinions about each candidate running.
the op-ed uses strong, emotional language.
the op-ed comes to a conclusion for the audience.
the op-ed includes first-person pronouns.
the op-ed attempts to persuade the audience.

At first i was afraid to approach him—then the fear left me. he was sitting looking out over the city—he was dressed in the clothes of the gods. his age was neither young nor old—i could not tell his age. but there was wisdom in his face and great sadness. you could see that he would have not run away. he had sat at his window, watching his city die—then he himself had died. but it is better to lose one's life than one's spirit—and you could see from the face that his spirit had not been lost. i knew, that, if i touched him, he would fall into dust—and yet, there was something unconquered in the face. how does the conflict at the beginning of the paragraph move the plot forward? the narrator realizes that he is scared of the gods. the narrator realizes that he distrusts the spirits the narrator realizes that the god was a man. the narrator realizes that he is powerful like the gods.