Which of the following sentences use alliteration?
(A) Payal packed puris and pakoras for the picnic in the park.
(B) A mosquito buzzed near Kabir’s ear all night long.
(C) Dhruv dropped his dal and dahi on the dining table during dinner.
(D) After the rain, the village road was like a long strip of chocolate halwa.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) and (C) only
Alliteration is the same first sound repeated in words that are close together.
(A) Payal packed puris and pakoras for the picnic in the park. — Correct.
- The “p” sound opens “Payal”, “packed”, “puris”, “pakoras”, “picnic” and “park”.
(B) A mosquito buzzed near Kabir’s ear all night long. — Incorrect.
- This is onomatopoeia, because “buzzed” sounds like the noise a mosquito makes.
(C) Dhruv dropped his dal and dahi on the dining table during dinner. — Correct.
- The “d” sound opens “Dhruv”, “dropped”, “dal”, “dahi”, “dining”, “during” and “dinner”.
(D) After the rain, the village road was like a long strip of chocolate halwa. — Incorrect.
- This is a simile, because the muddy road is compared to chocolate halwa with “like”.