CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CLASS 10

HOW TO TELL WILD ANIMALS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Alliteration is
A
Repetition of vowels
B
Repetition of consonants
C
Repetition of both vowels and consonants
D
None
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Alliteration: repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words. Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called initial alliteration. Repeated consonant sounds in the middle or at the ends of words is called internal alliteration. Repetition of vowel sounds is called assonance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alliteration: The repetition of a beginning consonant sound, usually in a line or verse or in a sentence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words in succession whose purpose is to provide an audible pulse that gives a piece of writing a lulling, lyrical, and/or emotive effect.

Detailed explanation-4: -Both terms are associated with repetition-assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds and consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds-but these terms (as they are typically used) differ in 3 important ways from the patterning of rhyme.

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