This pencil is (Pablo) what I need to choose for complete the sentence? A mine B yours C his D hers

In the context of the passage, what does the word torpid mean? b. predatory a. energetic c. dormant d. aquatic

Use morphology and syntax to make grammatical sense of the following sentence (mark all that the ova of all mammals except the monotremes undergo holoblastic segmentation. the -s inflection indicates that monotremes is a plural noun. the suffix -ic indicates that holoblastic is an adjective. the suffix -ation in the word segmentation is a noun-forming suffix denoting a process. the -s inflection indicates that monotremes is a possessive noun.

What reasons does the author give to support the claim that it is difficult for a message to move people to take action?