Which of the following would be the most effective thesis statement for an informative speech?

a. the causes of the civil war were economic, social, and political.

b. the north and south fought the civil war for many reasons, some of which were the same and some different.

c. while both sides fought the civil war over the issue of slavery, the north fought for moral reasons while the south fought to preserve its own institutions.

d. while both northerners and southerners believed they fought against tyranny and oppression, northerners focused on the oppression of slaves while southerners defended their own right to self-government.

d. While both Northerners and Southerners believed they fought against tyranny and oppression, Northerners focused on the oppression of slaves while Southerners defended their own right to self-government.

Explanation:

An informative speech is one that the author has to give information about a subject and that is exactly what is happening in alternative D.

Alternative D provides information on the secession war, and describes that the Northerners and Southerners, while advocating different things, had the same goal as fighting against tyranny and oppression

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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