Question

name: melody meza date: sep - 01 - 25 period: 3 second read questions text: the seventh man questions answer: cite your evidence 1. how does the simile in the sentence the rain began to beat against the house with a weird dry sound, like handfuls of sand create the eerie mood of the story? eerie means strange, creepy, or spooky. 2. how does the personification in paragraph the wind kept up its savage howling, develop the mood of fear and tension? tension means worry. 3. read the following excerpt from the passage: every once in a while, the house would creak and shudder as if a huge hand were shaking it. how does the simile in the sentence contribute to the suspenseful mood? suspenseful means waiting for something to happen. suspense/suspenso. 4. select two details from the text that contribute to the ominous mood during the storm scene. ominous means something that looks or sounds like something bad might happen. 5. how does the personification in paragraph 5, as the wind tried to uproot everything that stood on land, create a mood of chaos and destruction? chaos means everything is out of control — messy, noisy, or confusing.

Explanation:

1. La simil en "The rain began to beat against the house with a weird dry sound, like handfuls of sand" crea un sonido extraño y desagradable, evocando una sensación de incertidumbre y extrañeza que contribuye al ambiente siniestro.
2. La personificaci n en "The wind kept up its savage howling" da al viento rasgos humanos de salvajismo. El sonido del aullido sugiere un peligro cercano, aumentando la tensi n y el miedo.
3. La simil en "Every once in a while, the house would creak and shudder as if a huge hand were shaking it" crea una imagen de algo poderoso y an nimo que puede causar da o a la casa. Esto aumenta la expectaci n y la tensi n, creando un ambiente cargado de suspenso.
4. Dos detalles para el ambiente ominoso: "The rain began to beat against the house with a weird dry sound, like handfuls of sand" y "The wind kept up its savage howling". Estos sonidos extra os y salvajes sugieren algo malo que puede suceder.
5. La personificaci n en "as [the wind] tried to uproot everything that stood on land" le da al viento intenciones destructivas. Esto crea una imagen de caos y descontrol, donde nada es seguro y el da o es inminente.

Answer:

1. Crea un sonido extraño y desagradable que evoca incertidumbre.
2. Da al viento rasgos salvajes, aumentando el miedo y la tensión.
3. Crea una imagen de algo poderoso que puede dañar la casa, aumentando la expectación.
4. "The rain began to beat against the house with a weird dry sound, like handfuls of sand"; "The wind kept up its savage howling".
5. Le da al viento intenciones destructivas, mostrando un caos inminente.