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Punctuating Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements — Unit test

Question 13 • GA-Literature and Composition I

Read the lines from “Sea Fever” by John Masefield.I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;

Answer
A
Both lines use alliteration as a sound device.
B
Both lines use assonance as a sound device.
C
The first line contains alliteration, and the second line contains assonance.
D
The first line contains assonance, and the second line contains alliteration.

Explanation

Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of nearby words. In the first line, “seas,” “sea,” and “sky” repeat the starting s sound; in the second, “star” and “steer” do the same. Therefore, both lines use alliteration.

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