Read this sentence from a student's descriptive essay. "Our helmeted heads bobbed like jellyfish riding a sea current." What is
true about this example? A. It includes alliteration, imagery, and a simile. B. It objectively reports a scene by relating the facts. C. It does not create a detailed description of a scene. D. It helps the reader experience the moment by bringing its sounds to life.
The correct answer is A. It includes alliteration, imagery, and a simile.
Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant in neighboring words - as you can see, the consonant H is repeated in <em>helmeted </em>and <em>heads. </em>Imagery is achieved when descriptive vocabulary is used so that you can imagine a vivid picture just by reading those words, which is the case in this sentence. Simile is comparison using words such as <em>like </em>or <em>as - </em>in this sentence, the simile is <em>'...bobbed like jellyfish...'</em>
