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Read the excerpt below and answer the question. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree (lines 1-2 ) The prominent figure of speech in these lines is . Alliteration simile personification or metaphor

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The correct answer is alliteration

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In the excerpt below, the prominent figure of speech in these liens is alliteration.

Alliteration is a literary device which is used by the writer to emphasize something that he/she wants to express. To spot an alliteration, it begins with the same consonant sound.

alliteration in the above excerpts are, "Xanadu did"

"dome decree."

In these lines, the poet describes the "stately pleasure dome" in Xanadu.

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