Question

Examine the following line of poetry. What type of figurative language is used? The necklace on my neck is nice. A. Assonance B. Alliteration C. Consonance D. Personification

Answer 1

Figurative language is a writing device used both in prose and poetic writing that is meant to help a reader gain insight into deeper meanings that what the mere words may express. Usually, figurative language is used to communicate a deeper meaning by using a combination of words that taken together express much more than each word separately. There are several categories that make up the group of figurative speech, but some of the most used are personification, idioms, metaphors, similes, among others. There are also techniques used, especially in poetry, where the play with consonants, vowels and order of words, help the author underline the true meaning in his work. One such technique is called alliterarion. Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound in words that are close together. In this line of poetry, out of the seven words, three initiate their sound with the same consonant, N, making it repetitive, thus: necklace, neck and nice. This is why the correct answer is B.

Answer 2

The correct option is B. in the line of poetry; The necklace on my neck is nice the figurative language used is Alliteration.

The term figurative language refers to a wide range of literary devices and techniques such as the four options provided in the question: A. Assonance B. Alliteration C. Consonance and D. Personification

Particularly, Alliteration ( derived from Latin’s “Latira”which means “letters of alphabet”) is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.

In the particular line of poetry provided "The necklace on my neck is nice", the same first letter (n) occurs close together, producing alliteration in the sentence.