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Define the poetry term alliteration.

A.) Specific sounds produced by words (l.e. the snake hissed as it moved past
me.)
B.) Repetition of the initial (first) sounds or letters of words close together in the
poem.​

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The answer is B.

More examples of allitteration may include:

”The sickly sweet strawberries”, or ”The big brown bear burrowed in the bin”, etc.
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