Esperanza promised abuelita that she would write her letters.
Clustering is an important prewriting technique much like brainstorming and allows the writer to: (D) generate ideas and see connections between them. The trick is to write down whatever words related to a specific word or phrase comes to a writer's head. It is then key to draw associations between words to determine topic of an essay.
**edit**
The answer is choice A. "<span>After a tough week of school, Alaina decides to spend the weekend relaxing at home and watching television."
Relaxing and watching television is not a conflict. However, almost losing your job, getting in a plane crash, and relationship issues are all legitimate conflicts.
</span>
The answer is B, Run-on sentence.