In which sentence is preoccupied used correctly? Andrew is known for his preoccupied approach to problem solving, which involves examining a situation from every angle to determine the most effective solution.
Maria preoccupied the children she was babysitting with plenty of games and activities to ensure that they had no opportunity to get into mischief.
Briana was so preoccupied with decorating the first batch of cupcakes that she failed to notice the curl of smoke coming from the oven, where the second batch was baking.
The venue where we planned to hold the event was preoccupied at the last minute, so we had to scramble to find a comparable location.

In a short paragraph of at least two hundred words, compare and contrast how miguel de cervantes’s use of figurative language differs from language use by ha jin. use at least two examples of textual evidence to support your answer.

Abroad thesis statement encourages your readers to learn something new. 1) true 2) false

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.