“Puppy” Catch and shake the cobra garden hose Scramble on panicky paws and flee The hiss of tensing nozzle nose Or stalk the snobbish bee The back yard world is vast as park With belly-tickle grass and stun Of sudden sprinkler squalls that arc Rainbows to the yap yap sun Robert L. Tyler ANSWERS: I. Onomatopoeia *the HISS of tensing nozzle nose II. Alliteration *line2: panicky paws *line3: nozzle nose *line4: stalk that snobbish *line7: sudden sprinkler squalls III. Rhyme *line 1&3: hose, nose *ine 2&4: flee, bee *line 5&7: park, arc *line 6&8: stun, sun IV. Stressed Syllables -stalk -snobbish -rain -yap yap V. Unstressed Syllables in the last line -or -that -bee -bows -to the sun Nancy It was a bountiful afternoon. The street was very high with elms. The light that came through their roof of leaves was green and trembling like light water. Fiona became a little crab crawling among the roots of seaweed. The parked cars were fishes which would eat her up, danger with everywhere. The houses eat back from their green laps of lawn, silent and substantial, regarding her like people wearing glasses. ~Elizabeth Enright~ ANSWERS: I. Alliteration The light That came Through Their roof trembling Like Light water Crab Crawling Were fishes Which Would eat her up Laps of Lawn Silent and Substantial II. Figures of Speech *hyperbole: the street was very high with elms. *simile: trembling like light water. *metaphor: the parked cars were fishes. *simile: the houses regarding her like people wearing glasses.
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