1. Be your child's role model.
Whatever you do,your child will follow you.
2. Find fun ways to play outdoor games.
If s/he likes video games, make the outdoor game like a video game.
The correct option is: by using short, punchy phrases.
Explanation
In this case, the writer (Lewis Carroll), uses a sentence structure that is short with punchy phrases to speed up the pace of the writing, instead of using long sentences.
As a result, while you read the passage, it gives you a sensation of speed and produces more impact on the reader.
Conflict is the base of the story. Without conflict, the story has no plot, the characters don't experience anything, and there isn't really any developments at all. As for the second question, I think that's your own opinion.
He wants to skip school so he can fish.