Question

Which literary device is used in ‘sweeper swept away’?

(a) personification (b) alliteration

(c) simile (d) metonymy​

Answer 1

Answer:

alliteration since Sunday of s is repeated

Answer 2

Choose the literary device used in the given sentence:

The sentence is as follows:

'Sweeper swept away'

(a) personification

(b) alliteration (answer)

(c) simile

(d) metonymy

• Alliteration is the figure of speech used in the above-given sentence.
• Alliteration is when there is a repetition of the alphabet or sound close together in a sentence.
• In the above-given sentence, 'sweeper swept' is written in alliteration as both words have the sound of the alphabet, 's'.