Dashes are used to add emphasis or change a topic, as they can either give more importance to an idea or just interrup the idea with another one.
Ellipsis is used to remove unwanted parts of a long quotation and is mostly represented by three consecutive periods. It helps omit unnecesary elements within a sentence.
Commas are used to separate clauses, phrases, coordinating adjectives and non-essential words. Commas usually indicate pauses and they are used to separate ideas within a sentence.
Mrs. Mallards excitement at the prospect of a new life
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B) my brother and i helped dad pitch the tents while mom prepared for dinner.
Explanation: There was no error
Answer: A, the concern that their decision will lead to violence
Explanation:
This question relates to the speech that Patrick Henry gave to the Second Virginia Convention 1775 in other to get them to support the American Independence efforts.
He anticipates that they were worried that their decision to support the American independent cause would lead to violence and he replies them that such is the nature of war. That their actions are necessary to break the yoke of servitude that the British had placed on them and that if they did not use force to take their independence, the British would lord over them forever.