Answer:
C) One passage provides objective economic data about the river while the other tells the story of two boys adventuring on its water.
Explanation:
The main idea of Mary O'Dell's passage is to present the Mississippi river as an important resource which was used for development of river transport, thus
contributing to the nation's economic growth.
Twain's passage, although also mentioning Mississippi, does so only to give his story a setting, a place for adventures of the two wannabe pirates.
So, the basic contrast between two passages is best described in answer C.
<span>Plot: The chain of related events that explains to us what happens in a story. Conflict aka "the Hook": A struggle between two opposing characters or forces.Hope this helps!!</span>
The body paragraph of an informative essay should be supported with evidence and claims.
Example 1: I was right on a math problem.
Example2: I need to go right to get to the store
You can give right as a direction or a positive on doing something correct