Yeah, its D (emphasize the importance of the meeting and its special purpose)
The difference between the two are that the women most likely show more emotion in their writing, the women also probably talk about their children and love for them. The men would most likely write more about their adventures exploring, their hard work building the houses and running a farm. Similarities would include the hardships they included in their writing. While they would describe the hardships differently and the women may include more emotions, they both go into detail about the hard times and the Indian captivities.
The supporting details should offer this.
The English language belongs to the Germanic family of languages - but it has has a numerous influences of Latin and French - romance languages. But it is classified as a Germanic language.
I believe 4. vegetable is the correct answer!
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