Read this excerpt from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.In the startled ear of nightHow they scream out their affright!Too much horrified to speak,They can only shriek, shriek,Out of tune,

The words “scream” and “shriek” imitate sharp, frightening sounds, so Poe uses onomatopoeia. The rhymes “night” and “affright,” along with “speak” and “shriek,” make the lines sound urgent and intense. Together, these techniques create a mood of panic, making choice C correct.

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