Read the sentences from Paragraph 9. "That is only the shrieking of the wind before a storm. It is only the
lightning flashing and the thunder roaring."
Mrs. Matola makes these statements because she
A. believes that facts will help calm Peter.
B. wants Peter to listen for unusual sounds.
C. expects Peter to prepare for approaching rain.
D. knows the noise will end before Peter falls asleep.

jenkins wanted the narrator to write a ghost story for his magazine. he wanted the narrator to give the readers a story based on the supernatural. he wanted him to give the readers real 'horror' stories and not the type of live ghosts which he had presented in his earlier stories.

who is marty in this situation?

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.

awnser: alliteration, assonance, onomatopoeia.