The type of context clue that describes the importance of the Yangtze River in the cultural development and civilization of ancient China is <u>C. comparison</u>.
<h3>What is a context clue?</h3>
A context clue is a hint within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that aids the reader's understanding of the underlying meanings.
Some common context clues include:
Synonym
Antonym
Inference
Example
Appositive
Analogy
Restatement
Punctuation
Definition or Explanation.
Thus, comparing the Yangtze River with the Yellow River provides a context clue to the cultural development and civilization of ancient China.
Option C. The context that helps to describe the importance of the river is what is called comparison.
<h3>What is comparison?</h3>
This can be described as the act of comparing two different things or more. It is a way of trying to measure both of the things that the excerpt is talking about.
Here the Yangtze is being compared based on the yellows river. Hence the answer is option C.
