Match the description to teh term. 1.
the repetition of consonants which appear at the beginning
of words (baa, baa, black sheep)
onomatopoeia
2. objects that can be known by one or more of the five senses
concrete images
3.
the use of words which sound like the sounds that they
describe
rhyme scheme
alliteration
4. the pattern in which similar end-sounds occur in a poem

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .