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How much wood could a woodchuck chuck,
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck,
If a woodchuck could chuck wood.
—From "The Woodchuck Song" by Robert Hobart Davis

What is true about the author's choice of words in this song?
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They show that the author knew a lot about animals and nature.
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They were chosen because the word sounds make a fun pattern.
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They help make it easier for readers to understand woodchucks.

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They were chosen because the word sounds make a fun pattern.

The poem uses rhyme, repetition, and similar-sounding words (a tongue twister), which creates a playful sound pattern—it's about sound, not detailed animal knowledge or explaining woodchucks.