Question

Please help! I don't get this question!
Lines 13 and 14 offer an example of
A.) Allusion
B.) Alliteration
C.) Simile
D.) Onomatopoeia

Answer 1

13
The snow was falling faster, lights streamed from the hotels that reared their dozen stories fearlessly up

14
into the storm, defying the raging Atlantic winds. A long, black stream of carriages poured down the

Answer 2

can you give a definition of each of the words?

Answer 3

Sure hold on a minute

Answer 4

Allusion--(A) an indirect reference to somebody or something. (B) the act of making an indirect reference to somebody or something

Alliteration--(A) a poetic or literary effect achieved by using several words that begin with the same or similar consonants, as in "Whither wilt thou wander, wayfarer?"

Simile--(A) a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word "like" or "as," e.g. "as white as a sheet"

Onomonopoeia--(A) the formation or use of words that imitate the sound associated with something, e.g. "hiss" and "buzz"

Answer 5

My best guess would be Allusion because it is the only one that even remotely relates to the sentences and its own meaning.

Answer 6

Thanks for reading and responding. I appreciate it.

Answer 7

i wouldn't guess allusion though. An allusion is a DIRECT reference to a proper noun, say Jesus, because a lot of texts like Richard Brown's short stories (i don't have it out atm) make a reference that is subtile yet recognizeable.

Answer 8

Okay. I can see what you're saying, so Allusion is out then?

Answer 9

Oh! i realized something, not all alliterations have to have words starting with the constant all the time.

Answer 10

Well, they don't use alliterations or onomonpeias, and the sentences do not use "like" or "as" and so they cannot be called similes.

Answer 11

I wouldn't usually say allusion if this were not the case.

Answer 12

i'm trying to find an example of an alliteration that doesn't have that constant constantant thing. one moment.

Answer 13

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/30detail.html

"When to the sessions of sweet silent thought"

This is classified as a "partial alliteration," where not all of the line is a part of the alliteration, but it is still classified as alliteration.

Answer 14

Thank you both! I appreciate the time and effort! :D