"Sea-scented beach" is an example of both alliteration and assonance due to the fact that, (alliteration) you have two repeating consonants "<em>s</em><em />ea-<em>s</em><em />cented..." and assonance because of the "ea" in sea, and the "ea" in beach make the same sound.
The CORRECT answer to this question would be D. social commentary. Hope this helps you ^~^ Also, I'm 100% sure that's the answer since I just finished up the test. Good luck on it!
Not Hyperbole, not Idiom, not Metaphor, so it must be Personification
The answer happens to obviously be letter C and here is why, a connotation is a choice in words in a form of literature that can give a stronger feeling to the sentence. For example instead of saying scary i could say horifying and that would be a stronger, negative connotation of fear, based on the fact that c is the only negative one, "Crowded and sticky."
About what it says I need to write more so
