Atch each description to the correct punctuation mark. used for emphasizing or changing a topic within a sentence used to eliminate unwanted parts of a long quotation used to separate clauses, phrases, coordinating adjectives, and nonessential words

Dashes are used to add emphasis or change a topic, as they can either give more importance to an idea or just interrup the idea with another one.

Ellipsis is used to remove unwanted parts of a long quotation and is mostly represented by three consecutive periods. It helps omit unnecesary elements within a sentence.

Commas are used to separate clauses, phrases, coordinating adjectives and non-essential words. Commas usually indicate pauses and they are used to separate ideas within a sentence.

the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.