Why might the author have used the following example of alliteration:
"Silently, softly the swans swam on the lake."?
A. The soft sound of the "S" gives the sentence a calming effect.
B. The "s" can be said quickly to help note how fast the swans were swimming.
C. The author obviously was ready to use a new type of figurative language.
D. There was no example of alliteration in that sentence.

Question

Why might the author have used the following example of alliteration:
"Silently, softly the swans swam on the lake."?
	A.	The soft sound of the "S" gives the sentence a calming effect.
	B.	The "s" can be said quickly to help note how fast the swans were swimming.
	C.	The author obviously was ready to use a new type of figurative language.
	D.	There was no example of alliteration in that sentence.

anonymous · Answer

A. The soft sound of the "S" gives the sentence a calming effect.

the other choices are kind of goofy. so by process of elimination it's A