What is alliteration?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. the same sound repeated at the start of nearby words
- Step 1: Alliteration is a sound device. Step 2. In 'sea sings softly' the s sound repeats at the start of words. Answer: repeated initial sounds. Why not the others: The others are end rhyme, comparison and metre.
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