Which sentence best gives a summary of "Everyday Use"? A. The narrator of the story is the mother of two daughters.

B. Families change as they grow.

C. One daughter was injured in a house fire.

D. A woman observes the differences between her two daughters as they explore their family heritage and history.

D.

Explanation:

"Everyday Use" is a short story written by Alice Walker. The story is told from the point view of 'Mama', mother of two very differnt daughters.

As the story begins, Mama begins to recall about the relationship and difference between her two daughters, Dee and Maggie. Maggie and Mama live together and are seen waiting for the arrival of her elder daughter, Dee.

Dee wanted to live outside her ancestry and wanted to pursue higher education. She was bitter towards the poor conditions of her family. Mama recalls that how Dee became descending towards her mother and sister as she became educated.

Mama, in the story, observes how different are the views of Dee and Maggie towards the family heritage and history. For Dee, the ancestoral possessions are mere artifacts that she gathers from her family, but for Maggie, she knows the value of those possessions. And, at the end, we also come to know that Maggie was the one who gets the ancestoral shawl, and not Dee, for she despised it.

So, the correct answer is option D.

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.