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What is Meant by ‘Alliteration’?

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Question

Choose the most appropriate option for the following question.

What is meant by ‘Alliteration’?

Options

  • Act of literary modification.

  • Acts of an environmentally conscious person.

  • The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

  • Words that sound alike but have different meanings.

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Solution

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Analytical and Logical Reseasoning
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2016-2017 (May) Set 1

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