If the sentence in question is a statement (ends with a period), I would probably "however" as your transition word.
Answer: The answer is below.
Comparing:
Both of the themes from these excerpts are about how you can be able to learn despite differences in yourself from others.
Contrasting:
The theme of <em>The Story of My Life</em> by Helen Keller is that you are able to do anything you put your mind to, even if you are physically impaired in some way.
The main theme in the excerpt of <em>The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</em>, is that you can learn how to do things even if you are of a different ethnic background.
In other words, the main character in the story are different in different ways (one is blind, the other was of a different ethnicity)
The sentence that uses correct capitalization is: Have you ever read Shel Silverstein's poem "Where The Sidewalk Ends"? The correct answer is option C. The words that begin with a capital letter in this sentence are proper nouns. Proper nouns are specific names of a person, thing, place or event. In this sentence, "Shel Silverstein" is a specific name of a person. The phrase that is enclosed in quotation marks is a title of a poem. Therefore, the words should with a capital letter.
