"Read the excerpt from ""Life on the Mississippi"" by Mark Twain.

The Mississippi is well worth reading about. It is not a commonplace river, but on the contrary is in all ways remarkable. Considering the Missouri its main branch, it is the longest river in the world—four thousand three hundred miles. It seems safe to say that it is also the crookedest river in the world, since in one part of its journey it uses up one thousand three hundred miles to cover the same ground that the crow would fly over in six hundred and seventy-five.

In 1-2 sentences, explain the connotation of the word ""remarkable"" and its connotation in this passage.

(2 points)
Answers.
A ordinary commonplace, or boring
B unusual, exceptional, interesting, or excellent
C something that has already been marked.

B. In this passage, when Twain describes the Mississippi as "remarkable," he is referring to it as something unusual, exceptional, and interesting rather than ordinary or commonplace.