Monologues can be written for all of the following purposes except for:

a. to focus and emphasize emotion.
b. to allow a character to have more lines.
c. to allow a character to confess.
d. to give important background information.

i think it's b but i'm not sure.

Monologues can be written for all of the following purposes EXCEPT for:

to allow a character to have more lines. Option B is correct.

In theatre, a monologue is a speech delivered by a single character, most often to convey their mental thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience. Monologues have much in common with numerous other literary devices including soliloquies, apostrophes, and asides.

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.

a personal narrative essay is about a personal experience, so it is usually written in the first person. to maximize its impact, the essay should: be written to have an emotional impact on the reader. include a lot of references to sensory perceptions and hope i