3. Onomatopoeia * (2 Points)
Speech that reflects pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar typical of a geographical region.
The repetition of initial consonant sounds used to emphasize and link words as well as to create pleasing,
musical sounds. Example: the fair breeze blew, the white foam flew.
The use of words that imitate sounds. Examples: hiss, buzz, swish, and crunch.

The local school board would like to change the school calendar so that students are in school year round. do you think this is a good idea or a bad idea? to you see which side you want to defend answer this question from both angles.

Read this excerpt from the exposition in "the monkey's paw." father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire. what is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence? a. the father in the story is possessed, so he probably says insane things a lot. b. the woman in the story is knitting, so the characters probably don't have good clothes to wear. c. the father is playing chess with the son, but the son is not old enough to know the rules. d. since the father likes taking risks in a game, he might like taking risks in life as well.

The true confessions of charlotte doyle and "jonah and the whale" have which theme in common?