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After reading this excerpt, darren makes a text-to-text connection. which example is a text-to-text connection?

We would like to work at the soup kitchen underline startsmore frequentlyunderline ends next year. which best identifies the degree of comparison of the underlined adjective or adverb?

[he] let his gaze wander to the swirling water of the stream racing madly beneath his feet. a piece of dancing driftwood caught his attention and his eyes followed it down the current. how slowly it appeared to move! what a sluggish stream! what contrasting words are used to describe the stream in this passage?