AP English Literatur

Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds within words. Let's analyze each option:

A."Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

Alliteration: The "p" sound is repeated at the beginning of "Peter", "Piper", "picked", "peck", "pickled" and "peppers", so alliteration is present.

Assonance: The short "i" sound is repeated in "Piper", "picked", "pickled", so assonance is present.

B."The blue moon rose over the cool pool."

Alliteration: The "o" sound is repeated in "rose", "over", "cool", "pool", so assonance is present. But there is no obvious alliteration.

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