1. Agreement in the final sounds of words or lines is . rhyme
rhythm
measure
verse

2. A sentence that is difficult to say quickly is a .

nursery rhyme
tongue twister
tall tale
limerick

3. Verse with foolish words having no serious meaning is called .

rhythm
nonsense
free verse
a homonym

President kennedy uses which of the following rhetorical devices in his rice stadium moon speech? difficult vocabulary informal tone questions allegory

What is the effect of narrator's word choice on the tone of this passage? the words "my heart shrank within itself" create a fearful tone. the words "wounded his fellow" develop a remorseful tone. the words "struck harsh upon my ears" suggest an irritated tone. the words "better-omened" set a hopeful tone. excerpt from "the cabuliwallah" by rabindranath tagore i was sitting in my study, looking through the accounts, when some one entered, saluting respectfully, and stood before me. it was rahmun the cabuliwallah. at first i did not recognise him. he had no bag, nor the long hair, nor the same vigour that he used to have. but he smiled, and i knew him again. "when did you come, rahmun? " i asked him. "last evening," he said, "i was released from jail." the words struck harsh upon my ears. i had never before talked with one who had wounded his fellow, and my heart shrank within itself when i realised this; for i felt that the day would have been better-omened had he not turned up.

"the beginning of the massai" which excerpt best justifies this conclusion