Which of the following excerpts from "The Raven" is an example of alliteration?"Once upon a midnight dreary""Doubting, dreaming dreams""There came a tapping""No mortal ever dared"
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Which of the following excerpts from "The Raven" is an example of alliteration?"Once upon a midnight dreary""Doubting, dreaming dreams""There came a tapping""No mortal ever dared"
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The excerpt "Doubting, dreaming dreams" from "The Raven" is an example of alliteration. Alliteration is a literary device where the same initial consonant sound is repeated in successive words. In this case, the 'd' sound is repeated in "Doubting, dreaming dreams".
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