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"our route was, during the entire distance of about forty-five miles, strewn with the bleaching bones of earlier argonauts and their beasts of burden."

What rhetorical device is displayed in this quotation?
A) alliteration
B) chiasmus
C) paradox
D) parallelism

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not completely sure but i’m going with d
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Answer:

A) Alliteration

Step-by-step explanation:

Alliteration is the repetition of initial constant sounds.

In this quotation, the "b" sound is repeated ("bleaching bones", "beasts of burden").

Hope this helped!

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