Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a. tsunamis are gigantic waves and, they are caused by earthquakes or volcanoes.
b. whales swim for long distances underwater, and they regularly surface to breathe.
c. earthquakes happen all over our planet and they sometimes cause a great deal of destruction.
d. cauliflower and broccoli are vegetables, but, cucumbers and tomatoes are fruits.

elise is writing a literary analysis of a biographical essay about emily dickinson.

which of the following should elise use in order to provide a strong claim statement in the introduction to her analysis?

a.  

“a life apart” by julia golding maintains that emily dickenson wrote over a thousand poems during her life.

"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.