LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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two or more words beginning with the same letter or sound
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two things compared through linking words like ‘ such as ‘ or ‘like’.
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often used to create pace, tension. ‘ The door slammed shut.’ I was alone. Shadows fell.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Alliteration is a literary device that involves two or more words that appear close together and have the same initial stressed consonant syllable. “Good grief” and “red rose” are two examples. This repeat of sound usually involves the same letters in both words.
Detailed explanation-2: -Alliteration repeats sounds, not letters. The first letter in a phrase doesn’t have to be identical, they only have to produce the same or close enough sounds, such as “c” and “k”, for example. Clown and Klingon are alliterative.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of initial consonant sounds of nearby words in a phrase, often used as a literary device. A familiar example is “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers".
Detailed explanation-4: -To create alliteration, you need two or more words that start with the same consonant sound.
Detailed explanation-5: -Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies. I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw. A big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back.