HELP QUICK!! Which of the following sentences uses formal style? Pirates sailed a lot a long time ago, especially around little islands where there was lots of treasure.
Piracy thrived during the late sixteenth century along the coasts of the Caribbean.
My teacher said that pirates tried to scare people so that they didn’t run out of weapons.
You wouldn’t want to cross a pirate, because you might end up kidnapped.

What effect is achieved by the use of the phrase "as the devil would have it" in the second sentence?

Can someone me with an english language arts assignment? i need someone who's an expert or good at english language ! i need correct answers only !

Read the passage first of all if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that[it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norway gazed down upon the world from it’s summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.