Sharply because its more of a cause like something that expresses the sense so its sharply
You pronounce it amond without the l sounding. And yes the l is silent
Reading aloud in class takes courage and enough responsibility to take on the job of reading with your peers. You have to build the amount of words you recognize and take part in learning new defenitions and meanings to those words. Reading builds character and vocab in how you identify daily words and how you use them.