Question

Which sentence best contrasts two things? A. Both bus travel and air travel require substantial planning. B. Air travel is a fun and relatively easy way to get from place to place. C. Air travel is much more expensive than bus travel. D. Air travel, like bus travel, is a fun way to get from one place to another.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Air travel is much more expensive than bus travel

Explanation:

To contrast means to compare two or more things or people in order to point out how different they are.

Statement A shows that bus and air travel are similar - they both require a lot of planning. Statement B only refers to air travel, so there is no explicit contrast between these two ways of traveling. Bus travel can be fun, too, even if it's harder to reach distant places like that. Statement D is similar to statement A - it shows a similarity.

That leaves us with C as the only statement that contrasts air and bus travel - bus travel is much cheaper than air travel.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Air travel is much more expensive than bus travel.

Explanation:

In language, to contrast two or more elements, ideas, etc. means to explain the differences between them. This can be achieved by pointing out the features that make the two elements different, using contrasting transitions such as on the other hand, on the opposite, etc., or by using comparative structure to explain how an element is better, bigger, more complex, etc than the other. According to this, the sentence best contrasts two things is "Air travel is much more expensive than bus travel" because in this case, the author points out the difference between air travel and bus travel by comparing both in terms of price and stating one is much more expensive than the other.