Do supposedly silent letters have any effect on pronunciation?

Screen addiction among teens: is there such a thing?

1. a poem that tells a story irony 2. taking on human characteristics narrative 3. a direct comparison between two things personification 4. words that are opposite the thoughts in a speaker's mind simile 5. implied comparison introduced with "as" and "like idiom 6. one's own manner of speaking metaphor

What does wheeler say that dan’l webster can do better than any other frog?