Read the excerpt from walden.
i am on the alert for the first signs of spring, to hear the chance note of some arriving bird, or the striped squirrel’s chirp, for his stores must be now nearly exhausted, or see the woodchuck venture out of his winter quarters.
how do the images in the excerpt relate to thoreau’s overall quest in walden?
a. they illustrate that the beginning of spring has a greater meaning for the animal kingdom than for humans.
b. they demonstrate that thoreau has a greater understanding of animals now than he used to have.
c. they create a connection between thoreau’s experience and the solitary animals that he is observing.
d. they remind readers that humans are not the only beings to notice the arrival of spring.
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In this project you will get practice writing sentences of more complexity. here is your goal for this assignment: write sentences containing present and past participles. write sentences containing gerunds. write ten sentences using the following terms as participles: feel, ride, smoke, pray, kneel, sacrifice, steal, talk, hit, and freeze. five of the terms must be used as present participles, while the other five must be used as past participles. then choose five of these verbs to write five sentences containing gerunds or gerund phrases. for these, identify the noun function of each gerund. your project will be graded based on the following: your attention to the instructions given above use of proper punctuation, spelling, grammar, and sentence construction (commonly called "conventions") requirements.