The first answer is correct: "They suggest that the heat is stifling, giving the poem an oppressive mood".
The author begins the poem with the sentence cited above. The use of the expression "rend open" plus the use of the imperative mode, suggest some sort of desperation caused by the heat. That is why the author prays for wind (an unbeatable natural force) to come and defeat heat, ending the suffering.
The role of a foil in a literary work to to provide contrast against the protagonist, in order to further highlight one or more characteristics of the protagonist.
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "B. alliteration." The sound device is used in this excerpt from "How the Animals Lost Their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling from Philadelphia to Medicine Hat" is that alliteration.
Here are the following choices:
<span>A. repetition
B. alliteration
C. rhyme
D. consonance</span>
4 is the answer because the author expresses an opinion, "<span>the most popular places to shop—including four grocery stores" is an opinion. It is the authors own opinion that these are the best places to shop.</span>
