Essays, articles, and speeches are all works of nonfiction. which of the following is an accurate statement about the authors of nonfiction?
a. they are always real people.
b. their style is always full of figurative language.
c. they usually focus on retelling historical events.
d. their tone is always objective.

The answer is D: their tone is always objective.

When writing nonfiction, the author should always use an objective tone in order to convey an idea, or set of ideas, in formal language, trying to achieve precision, conciseness, accuracy and demonstrability (this latter characteristic entails that any claim made in the piece of writing can be corroborated by anybody else). Objectivity and formal language are aimed at avoiding ambiguities and miscomprehension.

the correct answer is option d. the nature of democracy. on november 19, 1863, president abraham lincoln delivered his famous gettysburg address in gettysburg, pennsylvania. in his speech, rather than focusing on details of the war (soldiers, casualties, aftermath of battle), lincoln invoked the very nature of democracy, that power ultimately comes from the people, when stating, “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish”. these words mean that democracy is a government by the people (citizens) in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by the people or by their elected representatives for the benefit of all citizens. the survival of democracy in the united states is one of the reasons why this speech so significant today.