An abstract idea, or term—" Truth," "justice."

The fol¬lowing paragraph is expository because it deals with an abstract idea ; namely, mercy

The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blest ; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes : 'T is mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway ; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself.

—WILLIAM SHAKSPERE,

The Merchant of Venice, Act IV., Sc.

SUGGESTIONS.—The material used in the above quotation to explain an abstract idea consists of the attributes or manifesta¬tions of that idea. Prove this statement