Select the correct use of the introductory comma in the sentence. scattered like chickens, the natives returned after the plane landed. participial phrase adverb clause interjection

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

the answer is both an appeal to ethos and logos (if that's what your question options were)

you didn't show the passage, so unfortunately i cant you.

"why don't you like me the way i am? " i cried. "i'm not a genius! i can't play the piano, and even if i could, i wouldn't go on tv if you paid me a million dollars! "

explanation:

the conflict between jing-mei and her mother is over jing-mei's piano lessons since her mother wants her to become a prodigy but she does not want to play it any more.