"she signaled us to the table. almost tiptoeing across the office, i maneuvered myself to keep my mother between me and the gringo lady." based on the information in the passage, you can infer that the speaker feels a horrified. b sad. c hesitant. d embarrassed.

Horrified would be more dramatic in the sentence so its not horrified. Its not sad because there is no remorse. Its not embarrassed because there is no words expressing the feeling embarrassed. So your best bet is hesitant.

an argumentative essay presents objectively a topic and its main characteristics. besides, it states all this information and facts by giving authentic and substantiated proof to the audience. by contrast, a persuasive text purpose is to convince the audience about some facts by presenting them according to his/her emotions and feelings. the main purpose of a persuasive text is to convince the audience to agree with the author´s opinion. on the other hand, in the argumentative essay, the author leads the writer to recognize his/her point of view as the correct one.