Back in the old west, it could take over a month to get a letter from the east out to the west coast. people got tired of waiting. so two businessmen decided to set up the pony express, a kind of relay race on horseback from missouri to california. with the pony express, the mail got all the way to california in only ten days! the structure of the selection above can best be described as a) definition. b) sequence. c) compare and contrast. d) cause and effect.

Which of these excerpts from margaret frink's memoir makes heaviest use ofimagery? oa. the bottom was divided off into little compartments orcupboards. after putting in our provisions, and other baggage, afloor was constructed over all, on which our mattress was laid.ffob. the wagon was packed and we were all ready to start on thetwenty-seventh day of march.he.ww.as born and raised in thweslelend& rnewyork. i, margaret ann alsip, his wife, was born in maryland, thoughpartly raised in virginia, on the banks of the potomac river.inod. we situated ourselves one hundred and twenty-five miles fromcheviot, in the town of martinsville, the county seat of morgancounty, indiana.w