He winced at the scratchy blare of the battered trumpet, the uncertain smash of the tarnished cymbals, and the anguished screech and whistle of the poorly-played saxophone. Never before had he heard such cacophony referred to as "music."

What is the name of the context clue that points to the definition of cacophony?

personal experience

synonym restatement

summary

mood or atmosphere

direct explanation

Question

He winced at the scratchy blare of the battered trumpet, the uncertain smash of the tarnished cymbals, and the anguished screech and whistle of the poorly-played saxophone. Never before had he heard such cacophony referred to as "music."

What is the name of the context clue that points to the definition of cacophony?

personal experience

synonym restatement

summary

mood or atmosphere

direct explanation

anonymous · Answer

@Connexus-Doom

anonymous · Answer

Openstudy is really lagging....

anonymous · Answer

i agree

anonymous · Answer

mood or atmosphere
I'm guessing "personal experience"

anonymous · Answer

A. & D.

anonymous · Answer

thnx

What words form the clue to the meaning of cacophony? Select all that apply.

winced
blare
battered
trumpet
smash
cymbals
anguished
screech
poorly-played
saxophone
referred
music

anonymous · Answer

BTW you will have to mention if there is any bold, italics, or unusually text formatting.

anonymous · Answer

cacophony has unusual text format

anonymous · Answer

blare
smash
anguished
screech
poorly-played
music

anonymous · Answer

I meant in the first question if there is any unusual formatting because that would mean it has "summary" as a context clue. Any visible signals like bold text, italics, dashes, or colons could be classified as "summary" context clues.

anonymous · Answer

thnx

anonymous · Answer

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