In this excerpt from charles dickens’s a child’s history of england, which element indicates that the text’s purpose is to inform children?
if you look at a map of the world, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the eastern hemisphere, two islands lying in the sea. they are england and scotland, and ireland. england and scotland form the greater part of these islands. ireland is the next in size. the little neighbouring islands, which are so small upon the map as to be mere dots, are chiefly little bits of scotland,—broken off, i dare say, in the course of a great length of time, by the power of the restless water.
in the old days, a long, long while ago, before our saviour was born on earth and lay asleep in a manger, these islands were in the same place, and the stormy sea roared round them, just as it roars now. but the sea was not alive, then, with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to and from all parts of the world. it was very lonely. the islands lay solitary, in the great expanse of water. the foaming waves dashed against their cliffs, and the bleak winds blew over their forests; but the winds and waves brought no adventurers to land upon the islands, and the savage islanders knew nothing of the rest of the world, and the rest of the world knew nothing of them.
a.
the description of how the islands broke apart
b.
the presentation of facts mixed with opinions
c.
the addition of basic information about the islands
d.
the emphasis on emotions such as loneliness

Urban and rural antonyms synonyms neither

In "i am offering this poem" what does baca's use of the metaphor" so it is a pot full of yellow com/ to warm your belly in the winter" show that he wants for the poems subject?

Which sentence in this excerpt from leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich shows the human tendency to contemplate one’s past life? "but if that is so," he said to himself, "and i am leaving this life with the consciousness that i have lost all that was given me and it is impossible to rectify it—what then? " he lay on his back and began to pass his life in review in quite a new way. in the morning when he saw first his footman, then his wife, then his daughter, and then the doctor, their every word and movement confirmed to him the awful truth that had been revealed to him during the night. in them he saw himself—all that for which he had lived—and saw clearly that it was not real at all, but a terrible and huge deception which had hidden both life and death. this consciousness intensified his physical suffering tenfold. he groaned and tossed about, and pulled at his clothing which choked and stifled him. and he hated them on that account. he was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious, but at noon his sufferings began again. he drove everybody away and tossed from side to side. his wife came to him and said: "jean, my dear, do this for me. it can't do any harm and often . healthy people often do it." he opened his eyes wide. "what? take communion? why? it's unnecessary! " she began to cry. "yes, do, my dear. i'll send for our priest. he is such a nice man." "all right. very well," he muttered. when the priest came and heard his confession, ivan ilyich was softened and seemed to feel a relief from his doubts and consequently from his sufferings, and for a moment there came a ray of hope. he again began to think of the vermiform appendix and the possibility of correcting it. he received the sacrament with tears in his eyes.