Cryptic: Puzzling, Obscure
Balmy: Temperate, Soothing
Quarry: Prey, Target
Retribution: Punishment, Revenge
Coveted: Desirable, Longed For
The rules of Quidditch is to have the seekers get the golden snitch while chasers get the quaffles through the long golden goal posts.
Beaters whack the bludgers to prevent the seekers or chasers getting knocked off their broomsticks.
Only the seekers are allowed to catch the golden snitch. If the snitch is caught by people other than the seeker it is considered a foul.
Quidditch is the most popular game in the Wizarding World (The world of Harry Potter).
Answer:
The theme of the poem that the second stanza reveals is that time moves quickly in fast-paced, adult lives.
Explanation:
The Poem "Romance" by Edgar Allan Poe, shows another side of the author since it does not have the dark style that characterizes him, in the second stanza of this poem the years have passed by in reference to what he said in the first stanza and now as a grown-up he considers that spending time in unimportant thing is an incredible waste of time.
Answer:
The figurative language that can be found in the sentence is onomatopoeia.
Explanation:
<u>Onomatopoeia refers to words that represent a sound by imitating it. </u>There are several verbs that come, originally, from imitating a sound, such as: to buzz, to clang, to click, to tinkle, to jingle, and to chime, among others. T<u>he verbs </u><u>to sizzle </u><u>and </u><u>to crack</u><u> are also examples of onomatopoeia. </u><u>To sizzle</u><u> mostly refers to the sound food makes while being fried, although it can also refer to the sounds that fire makes while burning. The same goes for </u><u>to crack</u><u>, although it can refer to a more extensive range of sounds, such as explosions, or the sound of something breaking.</u> Therefore, we can safely say the sentence "The meat sizzled and cracked as I laid it into the hot pan" uses onomatopoeia.
Answer:
link
Explanation:
transition words are also known as link words