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victoriaa:

Which three lines in this excerpt from Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish" use assonance?

weeeeee:

choices?

victoriaa:

1. He was speckled with barnacles, fine rosettes of lime 2. with tiny white sea-lice 3.While his gills were breathing in 4.fresh and crisp with blood 5.I thought of the coarse white flesh

ZombieLover:

Assonance is the use of the same vowel being repeated throughout a word or phrase.

weeeeee:

which ones can u get rid of

weeeeee:

@zombielover if ur copy and pasting site ur sources if u do not u will get banned

ZombieLover:

so we can cross out 5 and 4

ZombieLover:

i know thxs

ZombieLover:

your left with 1 and 2

weeeeee:

u are left with 1 2 3

ZombieLover:

3 wont be one either

weeeeee:

cross out 3

weeeeee:

which sentence repeats a vowel

ZombieLover:

2 would be one

weeeeee:

yes 2nd is ur answer

ZombieLover:

:)

victoriaa:

Thanks :)

weeeeee:

yw

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