IS the word in bold acting as a participle or a verb The street lights are shining brightly at my window.

Adverb

Explanation:

In the sentence "The street lights are shining brightly at my window" there is no participle, only verb, "shinning". The word "brightly" is acting as an adverb, modifying the verb, "shinning" in the sentence. Remember, adverbs modify verbs, nouns, adjectives, or pronouns. It describes the manner, degree, extent, such as brightly describes in what manner or degree to which the light shines.

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the correct answer is a "it describes nora and mrs. linde's relationship". opcions b and d are not related to the content of the passage in any way. option c could be appropiate but it does not fully capture the effect of the dialogue, while option a is quite appropiate, since the dialogue not only exemplifies the relationship between the characters, but it also captures the effect in the excerpt. we get to know that mrs linde bosses around and already knows nora.