What is alliteration?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. The repetition of the same consonant sound at the start of words that are close together
- Step 1: Alliteration concerns sounds at the beginning of words. Step 2. An example is "slow, silent streams". Answer: repeated initial consonant sounds. Why not the others: repeated vowels are assonance, imitation of sound is onomatopoeia and exaggeration is hyperbole.
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