A work that has “coherence” presents ideas that are logically arranged to help the reader better understand the text.
Coherence in a text is essential to provide the reader a smooth reading experience. A text is coherent when certain characteristics are met: topics are related and follow a logical order, vocabulary is easy to read and straightforward, grammar structures add cohesion and clarity, literary resources are correctly used (example: parallelism).
C. Passionate. He talks about his heart and the way she makes her feel
What they want you to do is to select one of the given prompts that they have written out for you. Either Prompt One or Prompt Two.
If I were to choose Prompt One, I would follow the instruction as given. I would Google or otherwise find and read an American short story and also a historical document as they have told me to. Once I read them both, I would proceed to follow the instruction and compare and contrast both pieces of writing with a paragraph or two as they have told me to do at the beginning.
Basically, they want you to read and write a compare and contrast little bit.