ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fill in the correct word:Alliteration:repetition of the ____ sound at the beginning of words in a sentence.
A
consonant
B
vowel
C
next
D
previous
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is ‘Alliteration’. Lets’ look at the meanings of the given terms: Alliteration is a poetic technique in which the beginning consonant sound repeats, usually in a line or verse or in a sentence.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Alliteration: The repetition of a beginning consonant sound, usually in a line or verse or in a sentence.

Detailed explanation-4: -The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words. Example: “Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood.” Hopkins, “In the Valley of the Elwy. “

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.

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