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What is the definition of alliteration?

• Alliteration is a type of rhyme scheme in poetry.

• Alliteration is a figure of speech where a word is repeated multiple times in a sentence.

• Alliteration is a type of punctuation used to separate items in a list.

• Alliteration is a literary device where a series of words in a sentence have the same first consonant sound.

Which of the following is an example of alliteration? a) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. b) The cat sat on the mat. c) The sun is shining brightly.

• a) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• b) The cat sat on the mat.

• d) The dog chased the ball.

• c) The sun is shining brightly.

What is the definition of assonance?

• Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in distant words.

• Assonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in nearby words.

• Assonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in distant words.

• Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

Which of the following is an example of assonance? a) She sells seashells by the seashore. b) The dog barked loudly. c) The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

• c

• d

• b

• a

Identify the alliteration in the sentence: 'Sally sells seashells by the seashore.'

• Sally buys seashells by the seashore.

• Sally sells seashells

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• Sally sells shells by the seashore.

Identify the alliteration in the sentence: 'The big brown bear bit the blue balloon.'

• big brown bear

• green grass

• red apple

• small yellow bird

Identify the assonance in the sentence: 'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.'

• hard 'g' sound

• short 'i' sound

• long 'a' sound

• soft 's' sound

Identify the assonance in the sentence: 'She saw a sea of people at the concert.'

• saw and concert

• people and concert

• saw and sea

• She and concert

Which of the following sentences contains alliteration? a) The sun is shining brightly. b) The cat sat on the mat. c) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• a) The sun is shining dimly.

• c

• b) The dog chased the ball.

• c) Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

Which of the following sentences contains assonance? a) The dog barked loudly. b) She sells seashells by the seashore. c) The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.

• b) She sells seashells by the seashore.

• d) He runs fast in the race.

• a) The dog barked loudly.

• c) The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.