Editing is important because it allows you to
a. check the overall structure of your paper.
b. select the best details to support your main points.
c. decide which focus for your paper is the strongest.
d. add another page to your paper to make it longer.

The correct answer is A. Check the overall structure of your paper.

Explanation:

In writing, the editing stage is a stage that follows the process of writing the draft and in this the purpose is to analyze whether each of the details included are organized correctly and contribute to the development of the general idea of the text, which means during this each sentence, paragraph, etc is checked to understand the overall structure of the paper and make changes if necessary. Additionally, in this, small details such as spelling are not revised but only the structure of the text. Therefore, editing is important because it allows you to check the overall structure of your paper.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel