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The phrase "the middle of May" is an example of

A. alliteration.
B. assonance.
C. metaphor.
D. consonance.

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A. alliteration


the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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the correct answer is alliteration because the M is repeated in "middle" and "May"
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