Which of the following lines of poetry contains an example of alliteration? (1 point)
Responses
A. It was the place where they laughed and the place where they cried.
D. The icicles dropped from the house and shattered like glass.
C. They traveled through the night, yearning for the light.
D. The lazy lizard slithered slowly through the grass.
To identify which line of poetry contains an example of alliteration, we need to understand what alliteration means. Alliteration is a literary device where a series of words in a phrase or sentence have the same sound at the beginning of consecutive or closely positioned words.
Let's analyze the options provided:
A. It was the place where they laughed and the place where they cried.
B. The icicles dropped from the house and shattered like glass.
C. They traveled through the night, yearning for the light.
D. The lazy lizard slithered slowly through the grass.
Looking at each option, we can see that option B does not contain any words with the same beginning sounds, so we can eliminate it.
Option C contains the words "traveled" and "through" with the same sound, but they are not consecutive or closely positioned words, so it does not demonstrate alliteration effectively.
Option D has the words "lazy lizard" with the same beginning sound, making it an example of alliteration.
Therefore, the correct answer is D. The line "The lazy lizard slithered slowly through the grass" contains an example of alliteration.