From the rippulous pond came the comfortable sound of the humming-fish humming while splashing around. source: dr. seuss. the lorax. new york: random house, 1971. google books. web. 18 may 2011. how does the diction affect the imagery in the poem? the adjective “comfortable” the reader “see” the fish. the verb “splashing” the reader “touch” the pond. the noun “pond” the reader “taste” the fish. the noun “rippulous” the reader “hear” the pond.

The adjective "rippulous" helps the reader to "listen" to the pond.

Explanation:

Imagery is a literary technique, where the author uses a word that from depth to text and stimulates the reader's senses. In this text, the word responsible for this is the adjective "rippulous" that stimulates the reader's hearing so that the reader can "hear" the sound of the pond described in the text by reading.

the sentence that best describes the tone of the passage from the radio broadcast compared to the passage from the book is b. the radio broadcast has a more surprised tone.

consider the text evidence: in the passage from the book, the description is more matter-of-fact. it is simply describing the things resembling little grey snakes, but there is no urgency in the description. on the other hand, in the passage from the radio broadcast, there is definetely urgency (you can tell from the expression used, "good heavens", which clearly indicates surprise.)