Messages by the Mile

By: Margery Facklam

infrasonic

“use context clues”   Its sound is infrasonic, meaning it is below the level human can hear.

Earthquakes make infrasonic sounds that humans can feel, but cannot hear.

 Infrasonic- having a sound so low that people cannot hear it.

Conversations

“use context clues”    All the “conversations” were short.

The sisters had many conversations in which they talked about their childhood.

conversations - exchanges of observations, opinions, or ideas

melody

“use context clues”  The Paynes heard the male humpback’s beautiful, long melody .

 That song is hard to sing because of its complicated melody.

 melody - a series of musical tones

choruses

“use context clues”  We depend on rhymes and repeating choruses to help us remember long songs and poems.  These songs have choruses that repeat five or six times.

choruses - part of a song that are repeated after each verse

vibrations

“use context clues”  It also felt like the vibrations from the whales’ infrasonic songs.  The vibrations of the foot massager tickled my feet.  vibrations - slight, rapid movements