Which sentence offers the strongest support that dombey valued a close connection with his son? a. dombey was about eight-and-forty years of age. b. those three words conveyed the one idea of mr dombey’s life. c. a transient flush of faint surprise overspread the sick lady’s face as she raised her eyes towards him. d. she feebly echoed, ’of course,’ or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again.

The sentence that offers the strongest support that ombey valued a close connection with his son is B. Those three words conveyed the one idea of Mr Dombey’s life.

Those three words are "Dombey and son". The passage continues "The  earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were  made to give them light.  Rivers and seas were formed to float their ships;  rainbows gave them promise of fair weather; winds blew for or against their  enterprises; stars and planets circled in their orbits to preserve inviolate a  system of which they were the centre."

Now he had a son to continue his work as trader. The world belongs to him and his son, makes sense one more time.

for the comment!

try to do soaps tone.

s-subject

o-occasion (the reason the author wrote the poem)

a-audience (who is this poem mostly for)

p-purpose (was it to convince, inspire, etc. the audience)

s-speaker (can be the author or another character, like is a child, adult, woman, elderly, animal narrating the poem)

tone- the mood the reader gets from this poem

mood- the mood the author had with their own poem

meaning- what do you think the meaning is?

message- what is the author trying to explain to the audience? like what is the theme?

if you still don't get it try showing everyone the poem so they could unravel it