The boom of the bittern resounds all day, and above it the rasping scream of the blue heron, as he strikes terror to the hearts of frogdom; while the occasional cries of a lost loon, strayed from its flock in northern migration, fill the swamp with sounds of wailing. what is the connotative effect of the word scream used in paragraph 3? a) it suggests the horror that the cry of the heron must evoke in the hearts of its prey: frogs. b) it suggests that the author does not like the heron or its cry and finds both of them to be quite irritating. c) it makes the reader laugh at the ridiculousness of the scene; there's something comic about a bird "screaming." d) it suggests that the heron is terrified of its own actions and does not like what is required of its existence in the swamp.

A) It suggests the horror that the cry of the heron must evoke in the hearts of its prey: frogs.

Explanation:

Based on the passage, the heron is obviously the hunter and the frogs are the prey. And as a predator,it will be normal to assume that the hunter will try to sound or appear as terrifying as possible t it's prey. The "scream" of the heron was meant to "strike terror to the hearts of frogdom". This action will make sure that the heron successfully instill fear in the frogs and have the upper hand. This cry of the heron will evoke fear and horror in the prey, making them scared.

  the conflict is the challenge the main character need to solve to achieve their goals, is the major literary element because creates challenges in the story by addin uncertainty to if the goal would be achieved. in the story could be more than a single conflict, in fact, most of the stories have a diversity of them. the resolution creates a closure that may or may not be the end of the story.

  the basic types of conflict have been classified as "person againsta nature", "person against person" and "persona against self". nevertheless the basic types, some authors think that it could be more than only three types, for instance:

  i´m gonna give you a little summary about the three basic types that i think are the one importants for the question

  the confict involves stories where characters are against each other, is an external conflict, as in a gun fight or a robbery or it could be more subtle between the desires of the characters as in a love story. this type of conflict is very common in traditional literature, fairy tales and myths.

  is an external conflict between the character and an animal or a force of nature, like a tornado,a storm or even a rain. a great example of this is ernest hemingway´s "the old man and the sea"   in which the main character struggle with a marlin when he was fishing.

  in this case the conflict is internal, the character must overcome her or his own nature or make a choice between two paths.

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