What is the meaning of eloquent as it is used in the excerpt?

using persuasion to convince others to change their opinions

powerfully expressing ideas and feelings when speaking or writing

showing extreme anger and frustration

appealing to emotions rather than stating facts

part b

highlight the context that best the reader understand the meaning of eloquent.

(a) speaking

(b) bought and sold human beings

(c) held his audiences spellbound

(d) illiterate

Powerfully expressing writings and feelings

Explanation:

compare & contrast informative essay/speech

when speaking or writing for the sole purpose of providing information in order to give audience members a good basis for making a decision, you would present an informative speech or essay.   because you wouldn’t want to be persuading the audience by arguing for one type of exercise over the other, you wouldn’t choose a persuasive/argumentative technique.   to fairly, and without bias, present information about the pros and cons of each type exercise, a compare/contrast, informative speech/essay would be the best bet.

what is a theme?

ans: the implicit idea of a written work of literature is called a theme.

so, the only theme of "birdfoot's grampa" by joseph bruchuc is that as a human being one should always remember the value of every life on earth.

the grampa is stopping the car again and again to save those little toads from washing away in the heavy rain is an act of kindness and humanity.