What is the correct way to punctuate the bold portion of this quotation? “casper! ” shawn called out. “time for a walk a. walk.” b. walk” c. walk”! d. walk”.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

the answer a: perseverance !

it translates into:

read the letter of your pen pal. write and answer 3 questions.