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Question

writing a short story for my english class- need to do well-not finished writing-to continue writing need a question anwered:

what sound does a school bell make?

i know it sounds stupid but im serious

Answer 1

Well, the sound of the school bell depends on the type of scholl, like elementary and middle school. for elementary, it could be rrring! rrrring! for middle school its ding! ding! ding!

Answer 2

Finding a good idea can be tough. The first thing I would do is to chose a genre. Do you like fantasy? Scifi? Romance? Horror? etc etc. I would hold off reading any short stories in your chosen genre until you have a specific idea in mind, that way you don't accidentally borrow *too* many ideas. Writing's always better if it comes from your own head :-) Once you've decided on a genre, try and think about things that interest you to find a plot. Look at the world around you for inspiration. The news can be good inspiration, as can music. think about some of your favorite stories, or stories you would have liked better if it would have gone a different way. If you want to write a horror, sit down, turn off the lights, and try to imagine the scariest thing you can think of happening to you. If you want a romance, think about what would completely sweep you off your feet. Scifi and Fantasy can be easy--what kind of world do you wish you could live in? What kind of person do you wish you could be? What kind of things do you wish were real? After you've done that, decide whether you want it to be in first person or in third. First person shows more about the character's thoughts and feelings and reactions, while third person shows more of the big picture and has the opportunity to create some dramatic irony--something important the reader knows but the character doesn't. Once you've decided all that, it's time to do some research! Now you should read as many short stories in your genre as you can to get a feel for how it's done. Also, google is your friend--use it to look up keywords "elements of fiction," so you can look up things like plot, symbolism, rising and falling action, etc etc. You can even google "how to write a short story," to try and get a nice, solid how-to. That's about all I can think of. Once you've got all that, the rest (ie, good writing) is up to you!

Answer 3

I have found a couple of things: 1. Your vocal cords do it. Speakers playing rock music do it. Even a school bell does it. They all vibrate; and
that’s how sound is made. Plucking a stretched rubber band makes the rubber band vibrate. Air molecules
around the rubber band move, pushing other air molecules. As the rubber band continues to vibrate, it
sends waves of sound through the air. It’s a lot like the ripples you see when you drop a rock into a pond.
You hear sound when rippling air pushes on tiny bones in your ears. Nerves in your ears send a message
to your brain about the sound you're hearing.Different sounds make different patterns of waves with different distances between them. Plucking,
banging, whispering, and yelling are all vibrations in air, yet they all sound very different. Sound vibrations
can be thought of as waves moving through molecules. Low-pitched sounds have big gaps between
waves, while high-pitched sounds have waves that are bunched together. Loud sounds have more
molecules moving and more energy than soft sounds.Sound is much more than music. It’s not just noise...it's science.http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=what+sound+does+a+school+bell+make&prssweb=Search&ei=UTF-8&fr=slv8-&x=wrt&u=www.billnye.com/episode_pdfs/episodeguide12.pdf&w=sound+does+school+bell+make&d=Wazb2JIFNp6R&icp=1&.intl=us

I have been trying to find things for you on the websites. Here is one about a bell in a vacuum: Maybe you can get something from it?

2. Bell in Vacuum
An electric bell in a jar makes a sound that decreases in intensity as the air is evacuated from the jar.


MATERIALS
electric doorbell
battery or power supply
bell jar*
vacuum pump
pressure gauge (optional)
sound meter (optional)
*Available from Carolina Biological Supply Company, Central Scientific Company, Fisher Scientific, Frey Scientific Company, Nasco and Sargent-Welch Scientific Company

PROCEDURE
The necessity of a medium for the propagation of sound can be demonstrated by means of an electric bell (a doorbell type) in an evacuated bell jar. The electrical leads for the bell can be brought out of the bell jar through vacuum feedthroughs. Transmission of sound by the electrical leads can be kept to a minimum if they have a small cross-section and are rather long and coiled up. They can be led through a rubber stopper in a hole in the glass to further dampen the transmitted sound. The bell should be suspended by its leads so as not to touch the bell jar. The bell is turned on, and the bell jar is evacuated to a pressure in the millitorr range with a mechanical pump while the sound slowly diminishes until it is almost inaudible. With a sound meter and pressure gauge, one could plot the sound intensity as a function of pressure.

In a simpler version, a small bell with a clapper is mounted inside a jar small enough to be held in the hand and shaken. The jar is equipped with a rubber stopper, hose and shut-off valve.


DISCUSSION
The sound propagation should cease when the mean free path for air molecules becomes longer than a few centimeters. At room temperature and 760 torr of pressure (1 atmosphere), the mean free path is about 2 x 10-5 cm and is inversely proportional to pressure. Thus the pressure should ideally be reduced to about 10 millitorr to reduce the sound to the lowest possible level.


HAZARDS
The only significant hazard with this demonstration is implosion of the bell jar. If the jar is designed for vacuum use (heavy flint glass), it should be safe so long as it is not struck with a heavy object or otherwise cracked. The bell should be of the type that operates from a low voltage (0-6 volts) so as not to pose an electrical hazard. A variation of the demonstration, in which one places a battery inside the bell jar to operate the bell, is not recommended since the battery may explode when exposed suddenly to a vacuum.

Answer 4

clang? It's a common usage for school bells. What kind of bell? That little tinkler on the teeacher's desk, or the big church-like one on the top of an old style school? A bell riings commonly. A base tone resonated?

Answer 5

Write that it sounds like a Baby Ben alarm clock on steroids.

Answer 6

The cold metallic clanging of the school bell echoed through the valley. (Little House on the Prarie type school)

The harsh, shrill buzzing of the bell cut through me like a knife. (Today's high school)

Answer 7

A school bell rings. no offense but it sounds better to say "then the school bell rang..." than "the school bell went 'ding' or 'ching'" etc etc

Answer 8

It may ring, chime, buzz, clang, or clamor. Try using the thesaurus at www.dictionary.com to find the right word.

Answer 9

ring, ding,

Answer 10

DONG..DONG...DONG

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