English-2
Grade-6
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Question

How is alliteration different from consonance?

  1. Alliteration is only repetition of consonant sounds
  2. Internal repetition of consonant in a section of word
  3. Alliteration is having stressed syllables with the same sound or sound group at the beginning of the words

hintHint:

Alliteration refers to the presence of similar sound at the beginning of every word, or most of the words in a sentence.

The correct answer is: Alliteration is only repetition of consonant sounds


    The correct answer is "Alliteration is only repetition of consonant sounds".
    Both consonance and alliteration are based on repetition of similar sound but consonance can occurs at the beginning, middle or end of a word whereas alliteration occurs only at the beginning.

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