Identify the figure of speech in the line. Seven silent sisters sang softly in the sanctuary.
AalliterationCORRECT
Brhyme
Conomatopoeia
Dassonance
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The repeated initial /s/ sound in 'seven', 'silent', 'sisters', 'sang', 'softly' and 'sanctuary' is alliteration. Assonance repeats vowel sounds within words, onomatopoeia uses words that imitate sounds, and rhyme matches the final sounds of words, usually at line ends.
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