How does the poet's use of alliteration influence the mood or tone of the passage?
1. "a powerful monster, growled in pain" (1-2)
2. "my tongue grows in this hall" (207-210)
3. "herot across them" (293-300)

Alliteration is the repetion of a sound in two or more words in close succession. The effect it produces depends on the sound being repeated. In the first example a "p" sound is repeated: powerful, pain. This makes for a harsh tone, which follows the harshness of the action. The second example repeats an "h" sound: heavy, hall. It softens the mood. The last example is less clear. One could point to the t's in Herot, trembled, which give the verse a hard tone.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.