Read this passage:
the sound of horses' hooves hitting cracked earth reverberated around the walls of the canyon. a lone eagle swooped overhead as the band of cowboys galloped along the narrow stream cutting through the landscape. during the rainy season, the stream would become a thundering river, sweeping the rocks and tumbleweeds away in a harsh current. but now, with the stream nearly dry, the men on horses wondered whether it would even provide them with enough water for their journey.

what is the setting of the passage?

a. present-day england
b. futuristic metropolis
c.1800s american west
d.1900s bustling city

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Need ! compare and contrast your independent reading selection with one or two other selections you have read in this unit. support your response with at least two pieces of evidence from your independent reading selection. be sure to give the title and author of your selection.

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced