Answer:
It signals that the sentence will explain what Tamanika did despite the rain.
Explanation:
"Although" is a subordinating conjunction that usually denotes the existence of an obstacle or some unfavorable conditions. However, despite them, the intented plan or an action has been performed.
Here, we see that Tamanika went for a walk despite the rain outside.
That means that this conjunction denotes an opposition between existing conditions and the outcome of the action. Conditions don't always need to be unfavorable, they only need to be opposite of the result. For example: "Although he had a clear shot, he missed the entire goal."
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11- days, night = compound subject
12- plays, sings = compound predicates
13- Mary and Bill = compound subjects //bought furnished = compound predicate
14- Chairs, tables rugs = compound subjects //were chosen and furnished = compound predicate
15- begin and end = compound predicate
16_ John and Elaine = compound subjject
a compound predicate has to tell us two things at least with the same subject
a compound subject is two or more subjects
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Quindlen links the conclusion to the introduction of her essay with the words "like many improbable ideas, when it works, it's a wonder", which is very close to her claim in the overall text, "America is an Improbable idea", it isn't supposed to work but it does despite all of the differences, specifically racial or ethnic, within it.