An argument is An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
Pacing is moving a story forward with a certain speed. So the correct answer should be slow. To slow a scene to the point of using a coma, add a lot of these. Since all of the sentences are relatively long with a lot of commas and all of that slows the tempo down.
This is punctuated correctly.
"Marshmallows are my favorite snack" is a complete sentence unto itself.
The comma instead of a period shows that the sentence spoken is part of the whole sentence, which includes the speaker (she) and a word to describe how the speaker said it (explained).
The "bottom line" is that students make a final decision or an outcome....The students themselves decide which they are going to choose, and what they choose will be the final outcome.