Hi, I'm supposed to write a research paper for ELA which is basically like an expository essay. So for the first 3 body paragraphs, we need to give background info, and for the last 3 body paragraphs we need to do argumentative writing "Taking an opinionated stance on the selected topic and discussing both sides of the argument while favoring a particular side". So since we need to take a stance on both sides while favoring the side we are on, does it mean that we also have to add components of a persuasive essay to an expository essay as well such as rebuttals and other such features? Kinda want people's opinion on this and how much I should lean towards the persuasive side since I'm technically writing an expository essay after all.

The essay sea stars by barbara hurd. what point is the author making by comparing a sea star missing an arm to a human losing a limb?

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.

Which of these novels is considered an important precursor to science fiction