Question

Read this sentence from the passage.

One newspaper article in the New York Times compared it to "channeling water from the Mississippi to meet the drinking needs of Boston, New York, and
Washington."

This is an example of..

A. an anecdote.

B. a case study.

C. an example.

D. a direct quotation.

Answer 1

D. a direct quotation

The quotation is lifted directly from a newspaper article in the New York Times.