Me u will make my day you have to do this fast or slow plz

What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

Which statement describes how connotationis used in this passage

You were given an exceptional iq so obviously you made valedictorian to change the tone of the sentence from resentful to complimentary, without changing the central meaning, which word most needs to be replaced? o a. exceptional o b. valedictorian o c. given o d. obviously