Question

Part B Which example from the text uses the same figure of speech as the answer in Part A? a. [S]he goes like a whip-lash flicked across a horse’s neck. b. She flew off her nest as Nagaina came along.... c. Then the grass by the mouth of the hole stopped waving.... d. Rikki-tikki shook some of the dust out of his fur and sneezed.

Answer 1

Answer:

b. She flew off her nest as Nagaina came along.

Explanation:

1 ) Alliteration - “Well, he seemed so low that I couldn't say no; then he says with a sort of moan"

The words in this line, from a quatrain from ‘The Cremation of Sam McGee’ by Robert W. Service, are examples of alliteration. Notice that when reading this line aloud you hear the repetitiveness of what saying the letter ‘o’ sounds like. The words that create this sound are ‘so,’ ‘low,’ and ‘moan.'

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2 ) Assonance - “Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, [...]"

The words ‘came,’ ‘marge,’ ‘lake,’ and ‘Lebarge’ all consist of the same vowel sound that is ‘a.’ Another example is in the line that states “In the long, long night, [...].” Both the words ‘long’ and ‘long,’ consist of the ‘o’ vowel.'