Answer: a) this is a verb phrase.
Explanation:
A verb phrase is that part of the sentence that contains a verb and it's dependants. The Dependent is usually a helping/auxillary verb that comes before the main verb to 'help' the verb make it's point.
Such verbs include, am, will, would, does, and could.
In this case the verb phrase would be, "will meet" with will being the Helping Verb and Meet being the main verb.
It is worthy of note that some times there will be more than one helping verb though such as 'had been' in "had been watching television"
I think the correct answer would be option D. Expository writing never includes devices of writing such as figurative language or narrative. This type of writing is used to give information, explain and describe a certain topic so it should use simple words and is straightforward.
The aging process can correctly be described as inexorable.
It affects the narrator's tone in a piece of writing.