What is the function of the commas in the sentence below? her dress, soft and pretty, looked expensive. to follow an introductory element used with a conjunction to link sentences to interrupt to introduce a list

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. for a long time she held her neck erect; then her head sank, slowly. her ribs swelled with a mighty heave and she went over. as it is used in this excerpt from “the man who was almost a man,” the phrase “went over” most likely means died escaped jumped vomited

Amajor change to biographies that began in the 16th century was that they

Select all that are essential to an effective introduction to a literary analysis. *a memorable clincher *the author and title of the work *a description of the setting *a thesis statement about the theme *a very brief summary of the text