Which sentence from my antonia shows a contrast? “the daughters of black hawk merchants had a confident, unenquiring belief that they were ‘refined,’ and that the country girls, who ‘worked out,’ were not.” “the american farmers in our county were quite as hard-pressed as their neighbours from other countries.” “all alike had come to nebraska with little capital and no knowledge of the soil they must subdue.” “all had borrowed money on their land.”

A - “The daughters of Black Hawk merchants had a confident, unenquiring belief that they were ‘refined,’ and that the country girls, who ‘worked out,’ were not.”

The sentence from My Antonia that shows a contrast is the first one:  “The daughters of Black Hawk merchants had a confident, unenquiring belief that they were ‘refined,’ and that the country girls, who ‘worked out,’ were not”.

Explanation: A contrast is an important difference between two or more items, groups of people or ideas that is clearly shown when establishing a comparison between them. In the sentence “The daughters of Black Hawk merchants had a confident, unenquiring belief that they were ‘refined,’ and that the country girls, who ‘worked out,’ were not”, which has been taken from My Antonia, there are two groups of people that are compared and contrasted. In this passage, the daughters of Black Hawk merchants are compared with the country girls. While the first group believed they were refined, they did not believe that the country girls were also refined. Therefore, a great difference is established between them.

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