Answer:
The St. Louis Cardinals have a rich history of success, although their offense this year was awful.
Explanation:
The two sentences are expressing contrasting ideas. The first sentence offers a type of compliment to the St. Louis Cardinals. If they have a rich history of success, however, we would not expect the criticism that comes in the second sentence. We are surprised to hear that their offense was awful this year.
<u>To help express such contrast and, at the same time, make the second sentence a subordinate clause, we should choose an appropriate subordinating conjunction. The conjunctions that can help us do that are "though", "even though", and "although", among others. Therefore:</u>
The St. Louis Cardinals have a rich history of success, although their offense this year was awful.
NOTE: We may be tempted to use "but" instead of "although". We need to keep in mind that "but" is a coordinating conjunction, not a subordinating one. That is why it cannot be used here.
C) thoughtful
Explanation:
The other answers don’t make sense
Dangerous, his intention was never to hurt or harm the swan
Clumsy, he didn’t get trapped in the thorns
Selfish, he didn’t walk away from the cries
Answer: '<em>Once upon a midnight dreary'</em> and '<em>Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December' </em>help establish the setting.
Explanation:
The setting is a literary element that provides us with the information about the time and/or place in which a particular story happens.
In Edgar Allan Poe's <em>The Raven,</em> the setting is explained in the first line of the poem, where the narrator tells us that the story takes place at night (around midnight). Moreover, the word <em>'dreary'</em> indicates that the atmosphere is depressing.
In the following line: <em>'Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December', </em>the narrator provides more information by telling us that the event that he is about to describe took place in December.
The answer is B if I'm correct
