Read these lines from the poem. -the pillow quakes and quivers -like pudding on a plate. how does the simile affect the tone of this poem? a. it has a listless tone because the speaker is sleepy. b. it has an irritated tone because the cat is disruptive. c. the tone is anxious because of the quaking and quivering. d. the tone is humorous because the simile is funny.

The correct answer is B.

This lines from the poem carry an irritated tone.

The speaker is annoyed because his cat has awaken him in the middle on the night by stepping on his pillow and causing it to "quake and quiver". The speaker compares the pillow to "pudding on a plate" meaning that it is very shaky and does not allow him to keep sleeping.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

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