What separates humans from animals is how advanced the human minds compared to any other species
The correct option is 2)Argumentative: In an argumentative text you discuss a subject or problem from different perspectives. At this time, Anna Quindlen the author of "A quilt of a country" states that although the great diversity found in America creates a lot of problems in the cities, it also serves as a quality to make America more special, and for this she uses a literature metaphor: Quilt, to put into other perspective her intention in the text. Although the author recurs to real episodes happend in America It's not autobiografical because doesn't talk about a particular person's life. It's not fictional because most of information is based on real facts, although uses literature metaphors to make the idea clearer.
Me and Maria went to the ice cream shop we then headed back
First of all, it is important to define preposition phrase in order to find it in this sentence. We can say that "<span>a prepositional phrase will begin with a </span>preposition<span> and will end with a </span>noun<span>, </span>pronoun<span>, </span>gerund<span>, or </span>clause<span>, the "object" of the preposition"
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*In this case, we find UNTIL TODAY as the only prepositional phrase presented. until is the preposition and today is the noun.