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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Analyzing Imagery and Sound in Poetry

Question 186712 • FL-1001070-M/J Language Arts 3 B-CR

Which line from the poem creates a "hissing” sound?

Answer
A
“drum in the desert, harder and harder to hear”
B
“watching palm trees swirl a sickening pattern past the glass”
C
“We had been traveling for days.”
D
“clenching and opening one small hand”

Explanation

Choice B creates a hissing sound through the repeated “s” sounds in “watching,” “trees,” “swirl,” “sickening,” and “past.” Repeating a consonant sound like this is called alliteration. The other lines do not repeat the “s” sound as strongly.

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