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OpenStudy (anonymous):

any one good at answer questions about poems

OpenStudy (wach):

Sure.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I have a lot of question and I need help because I have a reading comprehension problem and I can read a story a hundred times and not remember what I read

OpenStudy (wach):

Sure! :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

For instance one of the questions is What sound device does Tennyson use in the following line from "The Kraken"? A. consonance and alliteration B. onomatopoeia and assonance C. alliteration and onomatopoeia D. assonance and consonance

OpenStudy (wach):

What's the line?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oops Below the thunders of the upper deep

OpenStudy (wach):

Well, it's not consonance; that's only when a letter is repeated a bunch (pitter patter); assonance is repetition of vowel sounds (maybe a little bit - don't 'ers' in thunders and 'er' in upper kind of fit that?), onomatopoeia are sounds (like oink), but I'm not sure - is 'thunders' one? can't be alliteration, as alliteration has words starting with the same sound (fist fight)

OpenStudy (wach):

What do you think? :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That is what I thought it don't really make since because it is not any of the two really maybe just assonance

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I know it is not onomatopoeia

OpenStudy (wach):

Actually, it could be consonance, because of the repetition of the p's and d's: U pp er d ee p

OpenStudy (wach):

Just say the line out loud. That helps.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so it is assonance and consonance

OpenStudy (wach):

I would think so, because of the patterns. If you feel that is the answer, go for it.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you

OpenStudy (wach):

No problem :>

OpenStudy (anonymous):

your explanation well help me on a few more

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I was confused on assonance and consonance

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I have a whole bunch more but I am so overwhelmed with it I can't think straight

OpenStudy (wach):

Sure.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I have to write essays and everything else I haven't been in school for over 25 years it is hard

OpenStudy (wach):

Congrats on going back to school; it's an accomplishment I'm sure you're proud of :D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

are you every on during the day

OpenStudy (wach):

Occasionally. I am on at least once per day.

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