Select two details the radio story provides that would not be obvious were the story only available in text form.
A. The sound of the highway near the site of Slim's camper
B. Slim's Louisiana accent
OC. A description of the remains found in the brick house
I D. The specific way that Graps speaks
E. The color of the phone number written on the highway

A and D

Explanation:

We wouldn't be able to hear all the different noises that come from the highway and the specific way that Graps speaks

as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

sadly it cannot chuck wood

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”