Question

select the correct words in the passage.
read the excerpts from lord byron’s “she walks in beauty.” in the first excerpt, select the two word pairs that contain alliteration. in the second excerpt, select all the words that create assonance.

1. she walks in beauty, like the night

of cloudless climes and starry skies;

1. one shade the more, one ray the less,

had half impaired the nameless grace
which waves in every raven tress,

Explanation:

1. For alliteration, identify word pairs sharing an initial consonant sound. "Cloudless climes" repeats the /k/ sound, and "starry skies" repeats the /s/ sound.
2. For assonance, identify words sharing a vowel sound. "more", "ray", "less", "grace", "waves", "raven", "tress" all share the long /eɪ/ or /ɛɪ/ vowel sound.

Answer:

First excerpt alliteration pairs:

• Cloudless climes
• Starry skies

Second excerpt assonance words:

• more
• ray
• less
• grace
• waves
• raven
• tress