Read the passage.
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Which words are used to create alliteration in this excerpt from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Kahn”?
“gardens” and “bright”
“there” and “here”
“here” and “were”
“sunny” and “spots”

Respuesta :

The set of words “sunny” and “spots” create alliteration in the excerpt. Alliteration is sounds that sound familiar to each other in a sentence.

Answer: D) "sunny" and "spots."

Explanation: alliteration is a literary device that consists in the repetition of the beginning sounds of consecutive words or words that are close to each other in a text. In the given passage from "Kubla Kahn" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, we can see an example of alliteration in the words "sunny" and "spots" because they both start with a "s" sound. So the correct answer is the corresponding to option D.