16. Each of the following contains examples of alliteration except
"Then somthing caught: a helping grain of sand." ***my answer
"The car broke free and scuttled smartly right over the road."
"A post shot up and cracked--a sharp clang."
"I sat back in my seat-belt and saw someone coming."
I am super confused about this...can someone explain it to me and check my answer???
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https://literarydevices.net/alliteration/
http://literarydevices.net/alliteration/
Certainly! Alliteration is a literary technique where the same sound or letter is repeated at the beginning of multiple words in a phrase or sentence. To determine which sentence contains examples of alliteration, we can analyze each sentence closely.
1. "Then somthing caught: a helping grain of sand." - This sentence does contain alliteration with the repeated "s" sound in "somthing" and "sand."
2. "The car broke free and scuttled smartly right over the road." - This sentence contains alliteration with the repeated "s" sound in "scuttled" and "smartly."
3. "A post shot up and cracked--a sharp clang." - This sentence contains alliteration with the repeated "c" sound in "cracked" and "clang."
4. "I sat back in my seat-belt and saw someone coming." - This sentence does not contain any examples of alliteration.
Based on this analysis, your answer that the sentence "I sat back in my seat-belt and saw someone coming" does not contain any examples of alliteration is correct. Well done!