The ____ from the bugle recording on her phone let Peyton know that it was time to wake up. Because she had stayed up late talking to Kayden, she _____ the phone across the room and hit her six-foot stuffed Presley doll.

The ship maintained its balance due to the ____ and the work of Captain Payton and his crew of pirates -- One-Eyed Travis, Logan the Great, Jumpy Julius , and Joey the Skull. When the group of evil sea sailors saw the huge ____ of clouds, they were sure they would capsize and drown.

The sign on the ____ and uninviting abandoned house did not stop Easton, Madi, and Catie from breaking in it for some Friday-night fun, but when they saw the ghost of Jumpy Jordan, ____from side to side with a clown by his size, they ran screaming from the haunted mansion.

Landon placed a ____beside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in order to both celebrate and ____ the life of the fallen hero.

While "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a brief ____ poem that expresses the thoughts and emotions of a single speaker, "Brayden at the Bat" is a ____ poem, or ballad, that tells the story of the arrogant athlete who struck out despite his tremendous ego and fan following.