The preposition in question is "on", and its purpose is to show you where the dog chewed. You can remove the preposition to form the sentence "The brown dog chewed the rawhide bone." You can also rearrange it to find the preposition, "on the rawhide bone, the dog chewed" in what is commonly known as the Yoda technique.
Hard court surface since the ball can bounce on a hard surface
A Theme is a Message the the Author wants to get across to his readers
A Central Idea is a element in a story that ties together the imformation
I Hope the Helps
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The answer is assonance i believe (sorry if im wrong)
