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2. You hate me and I hate you,

And we are so polite, we two!
But whenever I see you, I burst apart
And scatter the sky with my blazing heart.
In spits and sparkles in stars and balls,
Buds into roses — and flares, and falls.
In the excerpt from Amy Lowell's "Fireworks," "scatter the sky" (line 4). "spits and
sparkles" (line 5), and "flares, and falls" (line 6) are all examples of
(A) Onomatopoeia
(B) Epistrophe
(C) Internal rhyme
(D) Alliteration

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The answer would be D) alliteration
Alliteration is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
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