Taking into consideration that the first passage is The Mississippi River by Mary O'Dell and that the second passage is an excerpt from Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, the answers are as follows:
3) C) The first passage is informational; the second passage is fictional.
4) D) The first passage presents factual information about the Mississippi River, while the second passage simply uses the Mississippi River for plot points and setting.
Both passages present some sort of information about the Mississippi River, but in completely different ways. The first passage is informational, providing facts about the river's length and importance for navigation and industries. It is mostly useful as a source for research, maybe for historical or geographical purposes.
The second passage has the river as a character, so to speak. It performs a role in the story, even though as a setting, where the characters live, develop, and transform. The river is what gives the characters a chance to escape, to run away from what hurts them, and to grow. It played an important role in the author's life and was thus used by him in his writing as an important factor for the stories to unfold.
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He defends his team from the ball/puck