C is not true. The thesis statement doesn't HAVE to be in the beginning.
Answer:
1. Hospitality
Hospitality is where people welcome other people into their homes or other places where they work or spend their time.
2. Concern
Concern means to deal or be involved with or to cause an anxious feeling.
3. Commitment
A Commitment is an agreement or pledge to do something in the future
4. Optimism
Optimism is hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.
5. Citizenship
Citizenship is the status of being a citizen.
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Answer is A. Only answer choice that has anything to do with water.
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.