Question

Which sentence uses details about sound to describe the setting?

A. "I stopped every minute or so to catch my breath and pull tiny
cactus spikes from my toes."
B. "Finally I stood still, listening to the barely audible whoosh-
whoosh-whoosh from the propellers ..."
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C. "It's on private property, surrounded by fields that were growing
dark under the sunset and rising moon."
D. "There's a small diner up on a hill, and I went inside..."

Answer 1

B is the right answer. Finally, I came to a halt, listening to the propellers' barely audible whoosh- whoosh- whoosh. Onomatopoeia is a resource that allows sounds to be expressed linguistically through words. Onomatopoeia is the use of letters to create words in a language to mimic nonverbal sounds such as animal sounds, natural phenomena, impacts, devices, and so on. As a result, B is the right answer. "Finally I stood still, listening to the barely audible whoosh- whoosh- whoosh from the propellers," because the onomatopoeia "whoosh" is used to describe the sound of the birds in this sentence.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B. Finally, I stood still, listening to the barely audible whoosh- whoosh- whoosh from the propellers.

Step-by-step explanation

Sounds can be represented linguistically through words, this resource is known as onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is the use of letters to form words in the language itself to imitate certain non-verbal sounds, such as the sounds of animals, natural phenomena, impacts, devices, etc. Therefore, the correct answer is B. "Finally I stood still, listening to the barely audible whoosh- whoosh- whoosh from the propellers" because in this sentence the onomatopoeia "whoosh" is used to express the sound of the birds.