Read the poem “rain” by shel silverstein and answer the question that follows.

i opened my eyes

and looked up at the rain,

and it dripped in my head

and flowed into my brain,

and all that i hear as i lie in my bed

is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.

i step very softly,

i walk very slow,

i can’t do a handstand—

i might overflow,

so pardon the wild crazy thing i just said—

i’m just not the same since there’s rain in my head.

which of the following poetic sound devices is being used in the underlined section?

a.

rhyme and consonance

b.

rhyme and alliteration

c.

alliteration and onomatopoeia

d.

consonance and onomatopoeia

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness. which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds. the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure. the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree. the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.