Question

Read the following passage from Langston Hughes's "Theme for English B" and answer the question. It's not easy to know what is true for you or me at twenty-two, my age. But I guess I'm what I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you: hear you, hear me—we two—you, me, talk on this page. (I hear New York, too.) Me—who? The repeated use of sound in the words "easy," "me," "feel" and "see" is an example of _____. consonance alliteration assonance hyperbole

Answer 1

The correct answer to this question is Assonance.

Explanation:

• Assonance is the reiteration of vowel sounds in a similar line.

• Assonance is characterized by fairly close apposition of similar sounds especially of vowels, as in "easy", "me", "feel" and "see".  

• The repetition of vowels is without the repetition of consonants, as in “easy” and “me”, and “feel” and “see”.  

• It is employed as an alternative to rhyme in verse.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

assonnace