PLEASE ANSWER ASAP Use your understanding of roots and word parts to select the definition that best expresses the meaning of confluence.

Tomlinson's argument recognizes that chronic diseases have many factors, involving a confluence of genetic, environmental, social,
psychological and physical events.

a) an imaginary symptom

b) an external or internal malady

c) the process of expansion or complexity

d) the act of merging r gathering at one point

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house