Which of the following would one reasonably expect from a functional text?

Exit "families were being further torn asunder, and those left behind knew no more about their own fate than they did of the loved ones moving on." this passage from the text best represents which of the following literary devices used by the author? a. the motif of racial prejudice b. the dramatic irony of the audience knowing more than the characters c. the motif of displacement and separation d. the theme of conflict between those leaving and those being left behind

Read the excerpt from flannery o'connor's "the life you save may be your own although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen mr. shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. his left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly. which phrase connects these characters to the southern gothic genre? half an arm she had never seen his left coat sleeve folded up

What is most likely nelson mandela's purpose of using third person point of view after introducing himself in his introductory paragraphs