Select the correct answer. Which characteristic of a speech gives the audience the knowledge it needs to understand the ideas in the speech?

A. hook
B. background information
C. narrative
D. evidence Not D I already tried this
E. commentary

According to the police officer, the car accident could not have been avoided.

From the life cycle of a plastic bottle, what is the best definition for the word “toxin”?

Araby every morning i lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door. the blind was pulled down to within an inch of the sash so that i could not be seen. when she came out on the doorstep my heart leaped. i ran to the hall, seized my books and followed her. i kept her brown figure always in my eye and, when we came near the point at which our ways diverged, i quickened my pace and passed her. this happened morning after morning. i had never spoken to her, except for a few casual words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood. what is the general tone of the passage? a. courageous b. comical c. passionate d. fearful