Which statement best evaluates the evidence in this excerpt?
The author uses verifiable facts and expert testimony to
support her argument effectively, but the excerpt would
be stronger if she deleted references to a past protest.
The author uses specific data, reasons, and quotations
to support her argument effectively, but the excerpt
would be stronger if she included eyewitness testimony
or personal stories.
The author uses quotations and data about historical
instances to support her argument effectively, but the
excerpt would be stronger if she included more verifiable
facts.
The author uses eyewitness testimony and personal
stories to support her argument, but the argument would
be stronger if she deleted the quotations from experts.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

What makes the literal, word-for-word translation of “the metamorphosis” hard to read

Which sentence is an example of objective, third-person writing that could be found in a scientific essay? a. i was 15 years old when i developed an eating disorder. b. my sister developed an eating disorder when she was a teenager. c. eating disorders often appear during the teen years. d. you are most likely to develop eating disorders during your teenage years.