Question

Which best describes onomatopoeia?

Answer 1

Is this an answer choice based question or is it simply asking to describe this term?

Answer 2

Which best describes onomatopoeia?

It compares two dissimilar things.
It imitates the sound it is describing.
It ascribes human characteristics to inanimate objects.
It contains a hidden meaning that is different from its literal meaning.

Answer 3

Thank you. So onomatopoeia is a form of figuative language, and based on what I was taught, the answer choice that mostly fits this term is it imitates the sound it is describing.

Answer 4

Then I lost my head entirely, mad with the power of exciting such rage...

What type of figurative language is used in the excerpt?

idiom
hyperbole
metaphor
alliteration

Answer 5

Well, according to the sentence, we can immediately cross out metaphor and idiom. And it isn't alliteration.
So my guess would be hyperbole , because it sure seems to exxagerate this sentence.

Answer 6

Which question best determines a story's mood?

When does the story take place?
Why did the author write the story?
What happens at the end of the story?
How does the story make readers feel?

Answer 7

Well, mood and feel seem awfully similar, and so according to that connection, it would make sense that the question would be How does the story make readers feel?

Answer 8

How many questions do you have, sir/ma'am?

Answer 9

alot

Answer 10

The world had lost its boundary lines. My mother, who was small and soft, was now the strength of the family; my father, who was the rock on which the family had been built, was sobbing like the tiniest child. Everything was suddenly out of tune, like a broken accordion. Where did I fit into this crazy picture?

Identify an example of figurative language used in this paragraph and in about 75-100 words, discuss its meaning and impact.

Answer 11

Well, I can't answer them all, unfortunately. Especially this one, since we can't write essays for you. Perhaps someone else can come and assist you.