Why do farmers plant cover crops? A. To collect rainwater for the Farm B. to protect the fields from flooding C. To help the plants get more water. D. To bury the roots of other plants

This excerpt is an example of a claim of a. fact b. policy c. value d. definition

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

Match the writing to the author or description. 1. history of the kings of britain layamon 2. brut twelfth-century literature 3. proverbs of alfred ballad 4. the twa sisters collection of wise sayings 5. sermons, sayings, history geoffrey of monmouth