Speech because if the second e was not there, then the word would be spech, making the e a short vowel, and float because without the a, float would become flot, once again, making the o a short vowel.
Hi, he sought Utnapishtim, who is sort of an equivalent to Moses, both of them had to build a boat in order to save themselves from the great flood that gods sent them. Utnapishtim was awarded immortality for being loyal to gods, and Gilgamesh is obsessed with the idea of eternal life, thus he seeks Utnapishtim and gods (primarily Enlil) to become immortal as well.
Compound. The simple sentence would be 'they were very busy'
The correct answer is C. Literature.
It is a style commonly used when writing papers in modern English. Different citation styles are used for the other answers.
the world were different so that she might accept the shepherd's offer
