Hi LulaBrazilia,

This SC is based on a Comparison (and a contrast) - we'll need to follow Comparison (and Parallelism rules) to solve it.

You'll notice that all 5 answer choices use the phrase "....so light..." The first part of the sentence describes how big the canoe was and what it could carry, so there is contrast/comparison between those details and how light it was. Contrast usually requires some type of "contrast keyword" (the words although, but, however, yet, etc. are common when writing about a comparison). We'll need to define the contrast, so we'll need an answer that uses a contrast "word." The only answers that do that are C and E.

Next, we'll need to follow Parallelism rules. The first part of the sentence refers to "....crafted a canoe.....which could carry...", so the second part of the sentence has to use a verb that's in the past tense. Eliminate C.

Final Answer: E

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