Read this excerpt from vachel lindsay’s “in praise of johnny appleseed.” washington buried in virginia, jackson buried in tennessee, young lincoln, brooding in illinois, and johnny appleseed, priestly and free. what is the purpose of the allusions used in this excerpt? to show the importance of johnny appleseed’s status to indicate the burial sites of famous americans to explain the contributions of former presidents to establish johnny appleseed’s spirituality

2pointsread this excerpt from the beginning of nikolai gogol's "the nose": on the 25th march, 18-, a very strange occurrence tookplace in st petersburg.which option best explains why gogol chose to begin his story in this way? oa. to let readers know that the story that follows is nonfictionb. to explain that information in the story is factual and correctooc. to immediately establish a straightforward and matter-of-facttoneod. to allow readers to better imagine what st. petersburg looks likesubmit