Read the excerpt from "ghost house."

the whippoorwill is coming to shout
and hush and cluck and flutter about

the most likely reason frost includes assonance in these lines is

to point out important ideas in the first line.

to create pleasing sounds in the second line.

to place emphasis on the word “shout” in the first line.

to link “coming” in the first line with “cluck” in the second line.

The most likely reason Frost includes assonance in these lines is to create pleasing sounds in the second line. Option C is correct.

Assonance is a literaty device which refers to the repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase. In this light, assonance may be understood to be a kind of alliteration.

Assonance is the opposite of consonance, which entails the repetition of consonant sounds.

the most ethic and honorable thing for the newspaper to do are:

be completely transparent in reporting about the company’s attempt to trade favors.

contact other construction companies to tell them about the situation.

these two options are the most ethic because both promote the market fair course, by telling the other competitors about the company attempt to get ahead in the market by trading favors, the market is guaranteed equality and justice in the trading of goods and services.

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.