which of the following is the best example of personification?

a. the lazy cats lay like discarded laundry on the thick rug.
b. the pines shed their needles and seemed to shiver in the cold.
c. in the 105-degree weather, the city became a vast microwave oven.
d. "watch out! " walter cried, waving his arms frantically.

What do we know about the mother in “two kinds”? select all that apply. she came from china. she had two daughters who died. her mother, father, and first husband are dead. she is part japanese.

Which sentence contains a participial phrase that is placed correctly? -jose paid for a hamburger scanning the cafeteria for an empty seat -peeling off her winter jacket, sierra settled into the cozy armchair. -made of soft wool, nadia pulled on a blue sweater -the cowboy jumped from the horse laughing in the face of danger

One conclusion that a reader might draw from the excerpt from "there's a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella" is that the man with the umbrella is persistent in his mission. provide two details from the text to support this conclusion.