From the novel; Selected Poems from: New Poetry from Africa; Poems of Black Africa; A Selection of African Poetry; Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Longman Examination Guides; West African Verse

In 'The Flight to Australia' the following line occurs:'Tier upon tier it towered,the terrible Apennines' The figure of speech used in this line is known as

a

alliteration

b

litotes

c

exaggeration

d

parody

e

metonym

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Olajide Obasanjo
12 years ago

Option A is the correct answer, because an alliteration is repetition of a word or sentence that is written in rhythmic form.

agbolizm
13 years ago

Repetition of consonant sounds (T)

Hamlock
7 years ago

Alliteration Is D Correct Answer Cause It Is The Repetition Of Consonant Words

Anikof
12 years ago

Its correct cos Aliteration is d successive repeition of consonant sound

Amarula23
2 years ago

Alliteration is the continuous repitition of consonant first letter in a sentence or more.
There's continuous repitition of the first letter 't' in the sentence given.

Julu
13 years ago

yes Tier upon tier,towered nd terrible allitrate bcos dere ar havin d same consonant sound 'T'

thesa
10 years ago

Alliteration"T"

ajindeife
6 years ago

'T' is been repeated continuosly.Alliteration is the constant occurences of a letter.

Venz002F
1 year ago

alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in an art work.the /t/ sound is repeated in the line.Therefore it is correct

Mluv
11 years ago

T alliterates

DaveChuks2005
1 year ago

but it's not placed side by side I mean the alliteration sounds or I'm I missing something?

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