Analyzing and Evaluating Arguments

Question 25 • Language Arts 2A - Mr. Crissinger

Which lines from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove provide an example of alliteration?

Answer

“among parrots, in the stern petticoats of the peasant, / who painted herself a present–”

“wildflowers entwining the plaster corset / her spine resides in, that flaming pillar–”

“Lenin and Marx and Stalin arrayed at the footstead. / And rose to her easel, the hundred dogs panting”

“Diego’s / love a skull in the circular window / of the thumbprint searing her immutable brow.”

Explanation

Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in nearby words. In choice A, the words “parrots,” “petticoats,” “peasant,” “painted,” and “present” repeat the p sound. This makes A the example of alliteration.

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