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The gilded creature strains and spins,Trips frantic in a tree,Tears open her imperial veinsAnd tumbles in the sea.Which sound device is illustrated in the bolded text? Alliteration Consonance Repetition Slant rhyme

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The gilded creature strains and spins,Trips frantic in a tree,Tears open her imperial veinsAnd tumbles in the sea.Which sound device is illustrated in the bolded text? Alliteration Consonance Repetition Slant rhyme

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The sound device illustrated in the bolded text is Alliteration. This is because alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are in close proximity. In this case, the 't' sound in "trips," "tree," and "tears" is repeated.

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