Question

american writer edwidge danticat, who emigrated from haiti in 1981, has won acclaim for her powerful short stories, novels, and ______ her lyrical yet unflinching depictions of her native countrys turbulent history, writer robert antoni has compared danticat to nobel prize - winning novelist toni morrison.
which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of standard english?
choose 1 answer:
a essays, praising
b essays and praising
c essays praising
d essays. praising

Explanation:

The text lists Danticat's acclaimed works: short stories, novels, and essays. The phrase "praising her lyrical yet unflinching depictions" acts as a participial phrase that correctly modifies the works (short stories, novels, essays) to describe their focus. Option C maintains parallel structure for the listed works and uses the participial phrase appropriately without grammatical errors. Other options create comma splices, incorrect parallelism, or sentence structure issues.

Answer:

C. essays praising