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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Contemporary Poetry: Seamus Heaney’s “Digging”

Question 1 • CA-English Language Arts 12 B – 1744

Which phrase in the passage uses alliteration?

Answer
A
“under my window”
B
“gravelly ground”
C
“look down”

Explanation

Alliteration is the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in nearby words. “Gravelly ground” repeats the “gr” sound, so it uses alliteration. The other phrases do not repeat the same beginning sound.

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