Question

What kind of figurative language does the author use in the following line:

"Never was man so widely mourned before. The whole world bowed their heads in grief when Abraham Lincoln died."

alliteration
assonance
parallel syntax
hyperbole
consonance

Answer 1

Consonance.

Step-by-step explanation:

The author is conveying that everyone in the world agreed that Abraham was a good man, and he would be deeply missed when he died.