Which fellow new england author was the greatest influence on charlotte perkins gilman?
louisa may alcott
henry david thoreau
ralph waldo emerson
harriet beecher stowe

it wants you to read whatever it gave you. then compare it to the others you read. you need to use textual evidence, and cite anything you do!

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~courtney

the correct answer is b. in order to explain a point clearly in an essay, it is always better to include a clear example of your ideas. including an scenario in which a family is affected by consumerism will support your argument as well as supporting details, such as quotations from experts and statistics. option a could be correct, but statistics and quotations are supporting ideas rather than clear explanations. choices c and d are simply inadequate. they do not add information about the effects of consumerism, rather they are strategies for engaging the reader