The semicolon is used in the text above, to cause an intermediate effect between the comma and the period. In this case, when he used a semicolon the author was indicating to the reader that it was necessary to pause, in reading, longer than the pause of a comma, but less long than the pause of a point. This is done because the sentence displays a partially complete thought, but it will present more arguments to be finalized.
In a more simplified way, we can say that the use of a semicolon in the text above was made to separate long coordinated sentences with the same syntactic function.
The answer for the given statement above would be option A. TRUE. It is true that the stranger's frog wins the contest in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” <span>because he is faster. Hope this answers your question. Have a great day!</span>
When you make an inference while reading<span>, you use clues from the story and your own knowledge to guess about things the </span>author<span> doesn't say directly. As you read “</span>Raymond's Run<span>,” make inferences to better understand the main character's </span>feelings<span>, </span>thoughts<span>, and ideas. Record your inferences in equations</span>
