Answer: Students prefer salty snacks over sweet because the percentage of sweet snacks were lower than the percentage of salty snacks
Answer:
It signals that while horrors are occurring in the concentration camps, the world continues to function normally.
Explanation:
There is an element of irony, or of contrast here, because life in concentration camps was the complete opposite from the beautiful weather. The author took the time to create the contrast to highlight the horrors occurring in the concentration camps.
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.
I am not sure if this will help, but here is the definition of Virtue:
Behavior showing high moral standards.
Synonyms: goodness, virtuousness, righteousness, morality, ethicalness, uprightness, upstandingness, integrity, dignity, rectitude, honesty, honorableness, honorability, honor, incorruptibility, probity, propriety, decency, respectability, nobility, nobility of soul/spirit, nobleness, worthiness, worth, good, trustworthiness, meritoriousness, irreproachableness, blamelessness, purity, pureness, lack of corruption, merit;
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