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Comparing Poetry: Poetic Devices

Question 4 • NC-English Language Arts 9 CR

Read excerpt 1 (line 38) from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!Read excerpt 2 (line 113) from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.

Answer
A
Both excerpts use alliteration as a sound device.
B
Both excerpts use onomatopoeia as a sound device.
C
Excerpt 1 contains alliteration, and Excerpt 2 contains onomatopoeia.
D
Excerpt 1 contains onomatopoeia, and Excerpt 2 contains alliteration.
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