In the second paragraph, the two commas in the last sentence serve which of the following purposes? A. They indicate a hierarchical relationship between the three phrases in the sentence.

B. They create an equivalency between the author’s assertions in the last two clauses and a claim of his opponents in the first clause.

C. They separate three related objections to which the author imagines himself responding.

D. They set off a clause that clarifies an idea introduced in the first clause.

E. They connect the author’s ideas to those of his imagined audience

In the reading, i know why the caged bird sings, marguerite views mrs. flowers as a larger than life personality. which quote from the text most strongly supports how marguerite views mrs. flowers? question 18 options: a) “i’ll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled.” b) “you see, i had planned to invite you for cookies and lemonade so we could have this little chat.” c) “there was a little path beside the rocky road, and mrs. flowers walked in front swinging her arms and picking her way over the stones.” d) “somehow i had never connected mrs. flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people.”