Revise and edit the paragraph. Ensure that it uses correct parallel structure. In conclusion, Steinbeck uses the different settings in "The Chrysanthemums" to help us understand the main character, Elisa, more fully. We learn about Elisa by observing her connection to the chrysanthemum garden, her interactions with the stranger, and her complex feelings are revealed while she is traveling in a car. We might think that setting is just the backdrop of a story and not important, but when we pay attention to the clues an author gives us about a character's motives, feelings, and behaving in different ways under different circumstances, we see just how important the setting is.

In the real world, feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. he came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. he considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent “annoying but tolerable.” if a company habitually paid below 80 percent, feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: the cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. don’t let that continue. i don’t imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? the excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors’ argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim