Answer:
The author uses repetition to relate the ideas in the sentences.
Explanation:
Through repetition, the author relates the idea of the money spent on the peas, cooking the peas, the realization of buying <em>too </em>many peas, and the realization of not being able to eat them all.
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We were shocked at her absence from the ceremony is correct, so the first one