Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. The other farmers sympathised in principle, but they did not at first give him much help. Orwell links the parallel structures in this excerpt from Animal Farm using a _____. correlative conjunction coordinating conjunction word to introduce a comparison phrase to introduce a comparison

Answer 1

Orwell links the parallel structures using a coordinating conjunctiion word to introduce a comparison.

Answer 2

The coordinating conjunction "BUT" was used to connect the two phrases and introduce a comparison.

There are different types of coordinating conjunctions, they are called the "FANBOYS" (For-And-Nor-But-Or-Yet-So) each has a different use and meaning, in this case "But" is used to create a "contrast" or to make an opposition of ideas between the first part of the sentence and the second.