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Read the opening lines of "Fame is a Fickle Food," by Emily Dickinson. Answer the question that follows:

Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate

The first line in this stanza features an example of

alliteration

assonance

consonance

repetition

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Answer:

A. Alliteration

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The first line in this stanza features an example of alliteration.
Alliteration is a figure of speech in which there is a repetition of the same consonant at the beginning of words.
Assonance is the repetition of vowels. Consonance is the repetition of consonants in the middle or end of words.
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