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Question

Repetition of two or more consonant sounds is called ___.

The correct answer is

Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words, such as in 'Peter Piper picked'. Hence option (C) is correct.

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Important Questions from Figure of speech/Literary Devices

  1. Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.

    It was the best of times, It was the worst of times.

  2. Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.

    Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing.

  3. Using softer sounding words to avoid bluntness is called

  4. The statement, “If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times________” is an example of

  5. A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit

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