Both greta and fred were on the bus that arrived in pittsburgh. fred was glad to be home. he looked forward to visiting with old friends. greta, on the other hand, dreaded seeing her old boyfriend. she already missed her days in new york city.
which one of the following phrases indicates that a contrast is being made?
a. both greta and fred
b. looked forward
c. already missed
d. on the other hand

D. On the other hand  

Take not of the conjunction words or rather conjunction, part a speech which is responsible for words that combines two or more clauses together. Combination would mean contradictory or consistent sentences or phrase into a single statement. “And”, “in addition”, “plus” are just some examples that are consistent or to connote clauses that agrees with each other. Here we observe that “on the other hand” suggest contrast between two disagreeing clauses. Furthermore, we can also use “however”, “but” and “on the contrary” and etc. to describe these differing clauses.

A. they give the reader hope. if the whole book was dark & unhopeful it’d be a little less interesting, little moments make it more interesting to read because then you want to know what happens. if it’s all dark there’s no point in reading if you already know the outcome of it.