Which of the following answer best describes the effect of alliteration in the following line from yeats’ “the lake isle of innisfree”?

i hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore

a. by repeating the “l” sound, the poet is striving to create a gentle, lulling effect that imitates the musicality of the waves

b. the “l” sound just happens to be there; the poet did not intend any significance

c. he used the “l” sound to remind the readers of the lake

d. the “l” sound is there for emphasis

Who are the antagonists in the story "ali baba and the 40 thieves", and are they're bad guys?

What is the province of il chicago?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.