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Without warning, the snake demon pounced, noxious blood dripping from her tightened mouth. As quick as a flash, Durga brought out her torch of fire and pushed it into each of Hydra's eight menacing eyes. She was blinded! She was furious! She couldn't see. Hydra let out a monstrous ear piercing scream! But it was too late … Durga sliced off each of Hydra's heads. They plunged one by one into the disgusting water and slowly sank to the bottom ….

  • Why is monstrous an appropriate word to describe Hydra's scream?
     
     
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    Model answer: It describes how loud and hideous the noise was. Durga is a kind of monster so the noise would be monstrous, meaning it was ear splitting and horrific in the way a monster is.