"bicycling by young women has to swell the ranks of reckless girls who finally drift into the standing army of outcast women of the united states," wrote smith in a resolution issued by her group, the women's rescue league. the bicycle is the devil's advance agent morally and physically in thousands of instances." smith's resolution called for "all true women and clergymen" to join with her in denouncing the bicycle craze among women as "indecent and vulgar." —wheels of change, sue macy what effect does the use of words with strong connotations have in this passage? the words cause people to feel bad for women cyclists and support their right to ride. the words create anger and fear in people and persuade them to speak against women’s right to ride bikes. the words create a comical picture of female bicyclists and cause people to not take the issue seriously.

The words create anger and fear in people and persuade them to speak against women’s right to ride bikes.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

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