Answer:
The passages in question are:
The Mississippi: Dual Passages by Mary O'Dell and
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
The correct answer is C) The first passage is laudatory. The second passage is sarcastic.
Explanation:
To be laudatory means to speak well and or highly of a person or object with particular emphasis on what makes them unique.
Also, to be sarcastic means to belittle or make a mockery of something or someone using an irony.
In the first passage, you'd note that the writer posits that the Mississippi is the greatest river, then goes ahead to give detail about all the qualities which make it so.
The second passage, on the other hand, make a mere mention of the river using the adjective "trifle" to qualify it and unlike in the first passage, no other word is dedicated to describing it's qualities.
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