Which statement best describes the text structure of this excerpt and explains why it is used? A compare-and-contrast text structure is used to show how the children's lives would have been different if they had stayed in Sicily.

A cause-and-effect text structure is used to explain why each family member leaves Sicily and immigrates to New York A sequence text structure is used to explain the

movement of the family between Sicily and the UnitedStates. A compare-and-contrast text structure is used to compare Giuseppe and Salvatore to Antonio, Maria Anna, and Angelina

the answer is actually c   i just got done with the test.

the tone of the passage is sympathetic to the forbidden love of romeo and juliet. the nurse plays a significant role in the play. she is responsible for making their meeting again possible. additionally, there is a sense of warning in the choice of words of the nurse. she seems to be authoritative when she calls romeo "scurvy knave", and at the same time the fact that she addresses to him as "sir" reflects respect. the nurse is "vexed", this word describes her confused state of mind. on the one hand, she finds romeo a fine and eloquent man, but on the other, it is thought that man's nature forces men to try to trick women.  

when making an inference, the reader should be sure to support the inference with

evidence

a is an educated guess about what will happen.

c. prediction

when new information proves that a reader's prediction is wrong, the reader should

make a new prediction based on the new information.