Read the passage. Maria looked at the ground as she spoke, "I just don't know how it happened." Her mother tried to comfort her but she was not really listening. What does the dialogue tell the reader about Maria? "One minute I was jumping over the hurdles, and the next minute I was on the ground," Mari- explained. "Just one more hurdle and I would have been the state champion." Select one: о She does not have a good relationship with her mother

She is a competitive athlete who wants to excel

O She is someone who does not handle criticism very well

O She is easily humiliated and embarrassed by things.

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the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader

the author wants to draw the reader deeper into the experiences.

are you kidding? from that description of two mansions, you can't figure out which one is bleak and desolate? maybe you should consider looking those words up in a dictionary, if you don't know what they mean already.