The industrial revolution transformed economies that relied on agriculture and handcrafted items into large scale industries, using machines and mechanicians to make their products more efficient. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
In the first excerpt it is this sentence:"It was a difficult moment, but I did what seemed right, which was to say, "Of course not," and then to take her onto my lap and hold her for a while."Here we see that the author is really not comfortable with the question his daughter asked him and thus he lies to her. You can see the pain he feels in just one sentence and the horrors that are hidden behind. One day he may tell her but not then."They would discuss their experiences right up to the time of battle and then suddenly they wouldn't talk anymore."This sentence in the second excerpt show the unwillingness of the usually boastful people to talk about the war in detail. The author notices that they don't remember and it could potentially be that they wanted not to remember. Unconsciously they blocked the horrible things they had done and seen. c;
        
             
        
        
        
It is B, you are finding the infinitive as a direct object, in the answer B "to drink water" is the infinitive.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
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I <u>have gone</u> to a welcome day at my new school. I <u>have put</u> my name down for the netball team, and Jon <u>has joined</u> the art club. We <u>have spoken</u> to our new teacher.
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A simile is used to compare her voice to a "cool, dark room in summer- peaceful, soothing, quiet". This helps let readers know that she is most likely very nurturing, caring, and a definite "motherly figure"