Which of the following sentences provides the best definition of expository text?
a. expository text is historically oriented nonfiction.
b. expository text is nonfiction that provides topical information.
c. expository text is scholarly writing by university professors.
d. expository text is writing related to the study of religion.

The correct answer is B. Expository text is nonfiction that provides topical information.

Explanation:

In writing, an expository text refers to a type of text written with the main purpose of explaining, informing or providing information to the audience about a real topic, situation or issue. Because of this, expository texts are a type of nonfictional text because they focus on reality and not on fiction and also they developed around topical information or information that is current and of general interest. Examples of this type of texts include newspapers, articles or encyclopedias. According to this, the statement that correctly defines expository text is " Expository text is nonfiction that provides topical information".

im not sure about this one

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.