Question

Read the sentence below and answer the following question:

If that was a disagreement, then Mount Everest is an ant hill and the Mississippi River is a trickle.

Which answer correctly summarizes the meaning of this sentence?

Answer 1

Which answer correctly summarizes the meaning of this sentence?

A sarcastic statement suggesting the argument was not bad at all
A satirical statement describing the subject of the argument
An ironic statement suggesting that something loud can also be small
An understatement describing a bad argument using an analogy

Answer 2

@sleepyjess

Answer 3

A sarcastic statement suggesting the argument was not bad at all

Answer 4

Mind helping on a few more?

Answer 5

sure

Answer 6

Read this sentence from the text:

For generations the two sections had been drifting apart. Since the middle of the seventeenth century, Mason and Dixon's line had been a line of real division separating two inherently distinct portions of the country.

What is the main purpose of this section of text?

To detail the sections that will follow.
To explain the period of time before the war.
To restate the main idea of this section.
To summarize the many causes of the war.