2. Which statement provides the best example of a comparative claim? O Many poems by the 20th century Irish poet William Butler Yeats can be compared to ancient Irish poems that he would have read as a young man

O The Old Man and the Sea addresses the same themes as many of Hemingway's other novels, but in a form that makes his shortest novel seem very different.

O Ancient African literature is much more interesting to read than the tribal literature of Australia and North America.

O Japanese folk tales are generally much shorter than the folk tales of European cultures, but they are similar in their treatment of themes related to aging.