Highlight the words that help you understand what the word rift means.

With spring turning to summer, the rift between the twelve- and thirteen-year-olds grew worse. What if by September, when I was finally thirteen, they had fourteen-year-old clubs?

—“I’m Not Thirteen Yet,”
Amy Bernstein

Using the words you highlighted, select the best definition for rift.

a season of the year

a break or split between two groups

a group of people who enjoy an activity