alliteration

Choose the best alliteration definition:

• The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
• The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of these lines from Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” contains alliteration?

• Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary
• “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door
• Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Is the following line from Romeo and Juliet an example of alliteration, consonance, or assonance?
"For men so old as we to keep the peace."

• Alliteration
• consonance
• assonance

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following statements is the best hypophora definition?

• A figure of speech in which someone asks a question which has no answer.
• A statement that answers a paradoxical question.
• A rhetorical device in which the speaker asks and answers a question in quick succession.

Which of the following quotes from famous politicians does NOT include an example of hypophora?

• You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror; victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory, there is no survival.
• But as we speak, China wants to write the rules for the world’s fastest-growing region. That would put our workers and our businesses at a disadvantage. Why would we let that happen?
• I’ll just do one statistic on this: From 1980 to 2012, GDP continued to rise, but how much of the income growth went to the 90% of America – everyone outside the top 10% – black, white, Latino? None. Zero. Nothing. 100% of all the new income produced in this country over the past 30 years has gone to the top ten percent.

Why might a writer use an example of hypophora?

• To ask and answer a question that the reader might already have
• To frustrate the reader by posing an unanswerable question.
• To prove how intelligent the writer is and how foolish the reader is.