<u>What would be the impact of replacing the word murdered in stanza 3 with the word drowned?</u>
D) The stanza would be more informative.
<u>Choice of words</u> can change a poem's tone and mood. A more <u>precise word </u>can give either more power to the stanza or more information. In the case of replacing <em>murdered</em> with <em>drowned</em>, the impact would be that the reader will be captivated and have more specific and significant details about the child's murder.
The first option, "[she] just couldn't stand another minute of the incessant howling", seems to be the best one to finish the paragraph. First of all, the paragraph has very specific and powerful vocabulary like "bopping his head" and "burst". So a concluding sentence should also have strong vocabulary. In this case "howling" is a very descriptive and powerful verb. Moreover, in the paragraph, the narrator mentions that "[the] lead singer sounded as (...) a dog lost in the woods". Using the word "howling", which is something done by dogs, in the concluding sentence would be consistant with the comparison between the singer and a lost dog.
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Stress is bad for the mind and the body. Stress hormones affect your respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Overthinking, emotion and gossip stress are some ways that make stress worse.
