I think the answer is OC because in variable line poetry, the intention is to produce this contrast consciously and to produce a rhythm of shorter and longer lines, like the rhythm of shorter and longer sentences.
The word or phrase that best connects the ideas in the sentences in question is D, that is, your anwer would be "in contrast".
The first part of the passage shows that we should have the right to choose sodas or snacks if we want to, we should be given the right to do that. On the contrary, the second part of the passage talks about that sometimes having too many options is not a good thing and it makes us unable to make the right choice.
Answer:
Because the relationship between her and her cousins has changed a lot over the years.
Explanation:
Although she is happy to see her cousins again, she knows that the interaction between them will not be the same and that makes her happy and anguished at the same time. The cousins were grown up adults and did not share the child complicity and the close relationship they had. Rose misses it, which distresses her, but she likes to see the men and women her cousins have become, which makes her happy.
No technically its a national history