What is the effect of the following passage? "Indeed, I have the finest army in the world. And welcome you, young prince of Phthia." His smile cut sharply. "is a pity you were so slow to come." PLEASE HELP!

A. Agamemnon is warmly welcoming Achilles to his army.
B. Agamemnon is mocking Achilles and alluding to the fact that his mother hid him instead of allowing him to fight
C. Achilles is expressing fatherly concern that they were all worried about Achilles and relieved he made it there safely .
D. Agamemnon admitting defeat and accepting that Achilles refuses to bow to him.

Read the excerpt from warriors don't cry. as we approached behind them, we could see only the clusters of white people that stretched for a distance of two blocks along the entire span of the school building. my mind could take in the sights and sounds only one by one: flashing cameras, voices shouting in my ears, men and women jostling each other, old people, young people, people running, uniformed police officers walking, men standing still, men and women waving their fists, and then the long line of uniformed soldiers carrying weapons just like in the war movies i had seen. which words create the mood in the excerpt? check all that apply.

Yosemite has spectacular scenery and which has half-time bears. how do i write i. parallel structure?

Which important event occurred during the industrial and scientific revolutions