The answer is FALSE. Hope you have a nice day. :)
A thematic statement is one or more complete sentences that express a theme. They can also be called or considered a thesis.
Formal is like writing to professors. like this, The other day I was with a couple of friends at a cinema. After watching the film the Manager came towards us.... ect ect
I would assume The Enlightenment since it led to many new modern forms of literature.
Your answer would be "seeing is believing." The scientist was only telling the character about what the time traveling machine could do, but needed to actually show the character that the machine wasn't a fraud by actually sending it through time.