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Read the excerpt from "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Then, answer the question that follows.And they pulse again with a keener sting—I know why he beats his wing!Which sound device do the bolded words use? Alliteration End rhyme Internal rhyme Onomatopoeia

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Read the excerpt from "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Then, answer the question that follows.And they pulse again with a keener sting—I know why he beats his wing!Which sound device do the bolded words use? Alliteration End rhyme Internal rhyme Onomatopoeia

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The bolded words "pulse" and "sting" in the excerpt from "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar use the sound device known as internal rhyme. This is because both words are within the same line and they rhyme with each other.

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