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Question 6 • English 3

Read the excerpt from "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe. In her sepulchre there by the sea— In her tomb by the sounding sea. How does Poe use a sound device in the excerpt?

Answer
A
He uses internal rhyme to produce the effect of an echoing sea.
B
He uses cacophony to imitate the violence of the sea.
C
He uses alliteration to link images of the sea with images of death.
D
He uses assonance to create the sounds of sadness and mourning.
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