Which option is an example of expository writing

Read this passage.my career in journalism has taught me the challenges of capturing sporting events, yet gregor powell's descriptions are flawless. powell is a gold-medal paralympic swimmer, but his memoir proves that his true strength is the power of his insights.what feature distinguishes this passage as a foreword?

Which sentences use correct subject-verb agreement? select two options. nancy and jim, the original founders of the gardening club, need more volunteers. one pair of gardening shears has been missing from the gardening shed since last year. the club, which will meet on sundays, require that everyone sign a waiver before joining. the town have generously donated a plot of land for the club to use for at least five years. community gardening have always been an opportunity to grow nutritious fruits and veg

Historical fiction is concerned with depicting historical figures and events in a new light. in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest," which two sentences most clearly describe historical elements? policles sprang readily to his feet at the challenge, and the great company making way for him to pass, he found himself a minute later standing in his unkempt garb, with his frayed and weather-beaten harp in his hand, before the expectant crowd. he stood for a moment tightening a string here and slackening another there until his chords rang true. then, amid a murmur of laughter and jeers from the roman benches immediately before him, he began to sing. he had prepared no composition, but he had trained himself to improvise, singing out of his heart for the joy of the music. he told of the land of elis, beloved of jupiter, in which they were gathered that day, of the great bare mountain slopes, of the swift shadows of the clouds, of the winding blue river, of the keen air of the uplands, of the chill of the evenings, and the beauties of earth and sky. it was all simple and childlike, but it went to the hearts of the olympians, for it spoke of the land which they knew and loved. yet when he at last dropped his hand, few of them dared to applaud, and their feeble voices were drowned by a storm of hisses and groans from his opponents. he shrank back in horror from so unusual a reception, and in an instant his blue-clad rival was in his place. if he had sung badly before, his performance now was inconceivable. his screams, his grunts, his discords, and harsh jarring cacophonies were an outrage to the very name of music.