This would be <span>comparison-contrast.</span>
The Northwest Passage achieved the crossing from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Crossed completely by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen from 1903 to 1906, the passage opened a new trade route for Europeans. Before that, the Vikings had used the passage as a trade route with the Inuits.
In 1609, Henry Hudson's voyage along the Hudson Bay triggered a Dutch settlement in New York and the area around the Hudson River.
The answer is A. “Researchers' estimates of the actual number vary from three hundred to six thousand, but everyone knows that ads are everywhere.” (paragraph 1)
Explanation:
Conjunctions link grammatical elements. In the case of the coordinating conjunctions, which includes and, but, or, yet, etc., these are mainly used to coordinate or join elements of the same rank. This applies to complete ideas known as independent clauses, which creates compound sentences.
This can be seen in sentence A because this contains the coordinating conjunction "but". Also, you can know this is a coordinating conjunction because each of the clauses "but" joins is a complete idea or independent clause.
Answer:
A: Video games have negative effects on teenagers.
Explanation:
The question what the author's overall opinion on video games is. So, the reader should find the main idea of the passage. Throughout the text, the author brings up many problems video games cause like lack of activity, lack of friends, and worse grades. The author also brings up more effects video games have. Since the majority of the text is about overall negative effects on teenagers it is clear that A is correct. Additionally, much of the author's dictation has negative connotations. So, it is safe to say that they do not support video games. This is another indicator of the author's viewpoint.
