Too busy for her own good, Sarah was negligent about drinking enough water.
The other verb phrases would not fit the context of the sentence.
I would choose A because C and D are more persuasive and B is more narrative. Hope this helps!
Answer:
Katniss’s assumed role as provider for her family trumps her romantic urges, and she is very adamant in not wanting to have children, due to the threat of the reaping. She is, for all intents and purposes, the parental figure for both her sister and mother, so she is not without nurturing instincts.
Explanation:
1. I read the whole essay and the only allusion that she uses is Xanadu. Joan Didion writes, nobody lives at Xanadu meaning nobody lives in the paradise.
Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not tell in detail the thing, idea, place or person.
Xanadu is a mitical place. It is located in the north of Shangri La that was introduced in 1933 in the fictional novel Lost Horizon by author James Hilton
2.- The symbol that Joan Didion uses is that nobody lives at Xanadu that it is paradise on earth for her because New York was appealing to the author even though she was not well paid and didn't have the best food on the table.
