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WAEC Literature in English 1999 Question 6

Question 6

Figures of Speech

The repetition of similar vowel sounds within lines is

  1. A.parallelism
  2. B.allusion
  3. C.assonance
  4. D.alliteration
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Answer: C (assonance)

Explanation

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds; alliteration repeats consonant sounds at the start of words.