"ryan rapidly rushed round the corner as he ran the race." what rhetorical device is being used in this sentence
a. alliteration
b. onomatopoeia
c. assonance
d. consonance

A. Alliteration

Explanation:

Alliteration occurs when the first consonant sound of words that are close to each other is repeated. As a literary sound device, alliteration is implemented to emphasize while it also produces a sound effect. In this case, the sound "R" is repeated several times, specifically in the words "Ryan" "rapidly" "rushed" "round" "ran" "race".

the sentence does not violate the phrase structure second rule (introduced by noam chomsky) because noun phrases consist of a determiner such as a, the or every, and a noun. in the sentence, the noun phrase the cake includes a determiner (the) and a noun (cake).

on the other hand, the first rule indicates that a sentence encloses a noun phrase, followed by a verb phrase. the example sentence can be analysed as follows:

john (n) + ate (v) + the (det) + cake (n).

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