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.
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D. He went into the kitchen and poured a drink of water
Meaning of coordinating phrase
a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a Clause
Meaning of clause
a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate
example: but, or,and
"The argument that the other man uses to convince the narrator is persuasive argument. What he learns depends on the outcome of the situation. If it's bad, then he'd learn to know both sides of the story before picking sides."
