Read this passage from chapter 5 of the prince.
which features of the passage are typical of a
compare/contrast structure? select three options.
it identifies two groups that will be discussed.
there are, for example, the spartans and the romans. the
spartans held athens and thebes, establishing there an
oligarchy: nevertheless they lost them. the romans, in
order to hold capua, carthage, and numantia, dismantled
them, and did not lose them. they wished to hold greece
as the spartans held it, making it free and permitting its
laws, and did not succeed.
it explains the reasons invading forces did not succeed.
it uses the signal word nevertheless to indicate a
difference
it uses the signal phrase for example to introduce
evidence.
it describes similar and different outcomes to similar
actions.