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Question

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Read the following passage from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Which sound device is expressed by the bolded words?

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered,
weak and weary …

rhyme

alliteration

refrain

rhythm

Answer 1

The sound device expressed by the bolded words "weak and weary" is alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of neighboring words. In this case, the "w" sound is repeated in "weak" and "weary."