Rrr I need help :( Read the following passage from Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address"

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

What does Lincoln point out about the Civil War and its effects on the nation?

A. It happened a long time ago

B. The United States was originally ruled by Britain

C. The nation was founded upon very specific ideal's

D. The founding of the nation was marked by great struggle and strife

What is the claim in an argumentative text? the facts and data that support a statement of opinion in the text the statement that takes a position on an issue or controversy the explanation of how the evidence in the text supports a reason the quotations from primary sources that are used to validate a fact

Which phrase best describes the role of irony in a written book? a. to validate readers’ beliefs b. to defy readers’ expectations c. to represent an idea d. to dramatize events apex

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.