Question

Read the following passage from Langston Hughes's "Theme for English B" and answer the question. It's not easy to know what is true for you or me at twenty-two, my age. But I guess I'm what I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you: hear you, hear me—we two—you, me, talk on this page. (I hear New York, too.) Me—who? Which of the following sound devices does Hughes use in this stanza? Select all that apply. repetition onomatopoeia alliteration assonance

Answer 1

The answer is:

• repetition
• alliteration
• assonance

In the pasage from "Theme for English B," the author Langston Hughes makes use of repetition when he reproduces the words and, hear, me, and you several times.

He also uses alliteration, which is the evident repetition of identical consonant sounds in nearby syllables. For example, true and twenty-two, as well as hear and Harlem.

Finally, Hughes also employs assonance, which is the resemblance in vowel sounds among syllables and words. For instance, true, two, you and too; and feel, see and we.