1. the statements, "and the sooner the better! " and "it has to be! " from "all watched over by machines of loving grace" develop the speaker as

a) conversational
b) indirect
c) urgent
d) vague

2. in "the secret life of walter mitty, " walter has challenging fantasies because

a) he has an unidentified mental problem
b) they are memories from his time travel experiences
c) they are favorites moments in the books he has read
d) it provides an escape from his overlay controlling wife

3. in "a sound of thunder," the author shows how small acts affect the future by

a) having eckels forced to retrieve the bullets
b) eckels stepping on a butterfly and killing it
c) eckels freezing when it's time to shoot the dinosaur
d) having eckels travel back in time instead of going on an african safari

These lines make the speaker sound urgent. This is because the words the speaker uses are intense and demanding, and they reflect a lack of patience. Moreover, the way the speaker talks makes him sound uncompromising. Therefore, the character is developed as urgent.

In "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," the main character often daydreams about fantastical situations. These dreams and vivid images that the character has are motivated by a desire to escape from his controlling and overbearing wife. Therefore, they are a symptom of his unhappiness.

In the story, Eckels travels to the past in order to hunt a dinosaur. However, things go wrong, and he accidentally alters the past by stepping on a butterfly and killing it. When he comes back to the present, everything is different. This shows how small acts can significantly alter the future.

as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

sadly it cannot chuck wood

answer: b. the moon is much smaller than the earth.

explanation:

it starts off by comparing the earth and venus. it also only says one sentance about the moon which make it the odd one out. in conclusion the answer is b.