Question

figurative friday
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antarctica alliteration
which of the following best explains what alliteration is?
a. when an object is given humanlike characteristics
b. when the author makes a comparison by using like or as
c. when the author makes a comparison by saying one thing is something else
d. when the same letter or sounds are used at the beginning of words near each other
circle the examples of alliteration in each sentence below.

1. the climate conditions of antarctica can cause the temperatures to creep crucially low!
2. during certain weeks in summer, the sun ceases to set.
3. the wildlife wonders why the ice is beginning to melt.

Explanation:

• For the definition question: Alliteration is a literary device that repeats initial consonant sounds in nearby words. Option a describes personification, option b describes similes, option c describes metaphors, while option d matches the definition of alliteration.
• For the alliteration identification:

1. The repeated initial "c" sound in "climate conditions", "cause", "creep crucially" is alliteration.
2. The repeated initial "s" sound in "sun ceases to set" is alliteration.
3. There is no repeated initial sound in nearby words, so no alliteration here.

Answer:

1. d. when the same letter or sounds are used at the beginning of words near each other
2. 1. Circle: climate conditions, creep crucially
3. Circle: sun ceases to set
4. No alliteration to circle