Select the evidence from the text of "elegy for the giant tortoises" that best to emphasize the imagery of tortoises as very large creatures. (select all that apply.) lumbering up the steps useless armour sadder than tanks and history plodding past me awkward without water

lumbering up the steps 
plodding past me

The two verbs used to describe the way the giant tortoises move are "lumbering" and "plodding". Both of these verbs carry the connotation that something very large is moving awkwardly. Plodding refers to the loud sound it would make when its feet hit the ground, and lumbering describes the awkward way limbs move when they're so big and heavy.