Read the excerpt from "Safari Day in Kenya.” Hyenas slink before us, mottled bodies, eyes black ice Zebras bright as painted ponies, the babes brown-striped , not black! Which statement best describes how the author uses sound devices to create mood?

The repeated b sounds in “bodies,” “black,” “bright,” “babes,” and “brown-striped” are examples of alliteration. These lively, repeated sounds help create a playful mood; the words do not imitate sounds, so this is not onomatopoeia.

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