Read the sentence:

it was a secret selection made by the leaders of the community the committee of elders who took the responsibility so seriously that there were never even any jokes made about assignments.

which of the following sentences correctly uses commas to mark the nonessential appositive phrase in this sentence?

a. it was a secret selection made by the leaders of the community, the committee of elders, who took the responsibility so seriously that there were never even any jokes made about assignments.

b. it was a secret selection, made by the leaders of the community, the committee of elders who took the responsibility so seriously that there were never even any jokes made about assignments.

c. it was a secret selection, made by the leaders of the community the committee of elders, who took the responsibility so seriously that there were never even any jokes made about assignments.

d. there is no appositive phrase in this sentence.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

d. must, like a wh_re, unpack my heart with words

im not entirely sure, but i think the answer is listing