Josh was not happy about Amber's being on the baseball team. Baseball was a boy's sport, he thought, and anyway she probably wasn't any good. At bat, he made sure she was watching him. I'll show her how it's done, he thought. As he watched the pitcher release the ball, he glanced over to make sure Amber's eyes were on him. Just then: thwack! The ball hit him right in the stomach. Which statement best describes how a character's response to conflict develops the plot? The setting is a wagon trail, which enables the author to share the message that our present-day society should learn to be as tough as the pioneers. B. The setting is a wagon trail, which means that Allison's family members must do whatever they can to survive the hardships of the journey. C. The setting is the social environment of pioneers, which causes Allison to feel pressure to be as strong as the other children. D. The setting is the social environment of pioneers, which leads Allison's parents to wish that they had not chosen a life of such difficulty for their children.

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Explanation:

the correct answer is the first one.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.