Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question.

The courage that my mother had Went with her, and is with her still: Rock from New England quarried; Now granite in a granite hill.

The alliteration in line 2 emphasizes _____.

A.) the mother’s bravery
B.) the speaker’s sadness
C.) the mother’s greed
D.) the speaker’s confusion

Answer 1

a the mothers bravery

Answer 2

The correct option is A.) the mother’s bravery

Step-by-step explanation:

AlliterationIt is a literary device in which occurs close together a group of words that have the same first consonant sound. The stated before could be one of the reasons why the name of this stylistic device comes from the Latin “Latira”, which means letters of the alphabet.

In the particular excerpt provided "The courage that my mother had Went with her, and is with her still: Rock from New England quarried; Now granite in a granite hill. " the alliteration showed emphasizes the mother’s bravery, which went with her, and is with her still.