B) to refer to a story that audiences are familiar with
Answer:
C) One passage provides objective economic data about the river while the others tell the story of two boys adventuring on its waters.
Explanation:
I believe the answer is C because the first passage provides factual information about the Mississippi River while the other simply uses the river as the story's setting.
The best example of a story's historical context is A. the economic situation the author lives in.
<u>The historical context of a story refers to the background and surrounding situations that affect that story</u>. In that way, it is related to the social, cultural, economic and political circumstances that surround that text and that are linked to specific historical moments. <u>As the economic environment is included as part of the historical context of a story, the economic situation in which the author lives in is the correct answer. </u>
D. The destruction of the Chinese Government
