Ming's mother fell asleep on the couch right after dinner. Ming didn't blame her - she worked long hours. She had an important job at a big company that Ming didn't really understand. She was always on the phone with clients. As Ming watched television beside her sleeping mother, a phone rang in the show she was watching. "Hello?" Ming's mother mumbled, then drifted off again. Which statement best expresses a theme of this story?

A. A stressful job can affect all areas of your life.

B. Being tired is no excuse not to connect with one's family.

C. Sympathy for others' difficult situations shows good character.

D. It is important to understand what others do all day.

Which sentence in this excerpt from frances hodgson burnett’s a little princess shows indirect characterization? it was just then that miss minchin entered the room. she was very like her house, sara felt: tall and dull, and respectable and ugly. she had large, cold, fishy eyes, and a large, cold, fishy smile. it spread itself into a very large smile when she saw sara and captain crewe. she had heard a great many desirable things of the young soldier from the lady who had recommended her school to him. among other things, she had heard that he was a rich father who was willing to spend a great deal of money on his little daughter. "it will be a great privilege to have charge of such a beautiful and promising child, captain crewe," she said, taking sara's hand and stroking it. "lady meredith has told me of her unusual cleverness. a clever child is a great treasure in an establishment like mine."

The image of the observation balloons moving across the sunset is created using -no adjectives -few adjectives -many adjectives

What point was thomas paine trying to make by relating this antidote