What life was like under the dictatorship
It is by listening and evaluating the speaker's questions and responses. When the speaker asks a question, he is surely making a point to the audience through his responses. By that kind of communication, the speaker should have given his purpose to the audiences.
Try using better words for the little words you use. Maybe for an example say, And this is the reason because. Or maybe another reason due to this is...
Part A: Line 6
Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a group of words. Line 6 is "<em>Late spring sky,</em> Ms. Marcus says, <em>Almost summer sky.</em>" The /s/ sound is repeated fives times at the beginning of the words in this line of poetry.
Part B: It sounds soothing and peaceful.
The /s/ sound is a soothing and peaceful sound. Even the words soothing and peaceful have the /s/ sound. It creates a soothing a peaceful mood just like the long days at the end of spring and beginning of summer.