Which of these sentences might BEST serve as a topic sentence of a paragraph telling how to write a book report?
A)
Be sure that your book report gives clear details about the book.
B)
Writing a good book report takes preparation and planning,
Book reports should be submitted in the correct format.
D)
You may need to refer back to the book while you write your report.

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