ANALYZING CONNECTIONS QUICK CHECK: READING INFORMATION TEXT.

Question

USE THE SENTENCE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
ALTHOUGH HIS YOUNGER STUDENTS GREETED THE NEW PRACTICE WITH ENTHUSIASM, THE " OLD GUARD" HAD STAKED THEIR REPUTATIONS ON THE BELIEF IN MIASMAS.
WHICH TYPE OF CONNECTION DOES THE AUTHOR MAKE BETWEEN THE IDEAS IN THIS SENTENCE.
1. CAUSE AND EFFECT
2. PROBLEM AND SOLUTION
3. CONTRAST
4. COMPARISON

Answer 1

The type of connection the author makes between the ideas in the sentence is 3. CONTRAST. The sentence highlights the differing attitudes of the younger students and the "old guard" toward the new practice, illustrating a contrast between enthusiasm and a reliance on the belief in miasmas.