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Choose the sentence below that shows alliteration.

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The buzzing of the washing machine told me the load of clothes was done.

Finding my car keys is like finding a needle in a haystack.

The sly snake slithers slowly in the sand.

If a fire station were to burn down, this would be ironic because firefighters are meant to put out fires.

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C, The sly snake slithers slowly in the sand.

Alliteration is when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence, and that sentence is the only answer that this applies to. Therefore, that is the answer.

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Answer:

The sly snake slithers slowly in the sand

Step-by-step explanation:

The repetition of S sounds! Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

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