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Difficulty: MediumSound Devices and Musicality

Match each poetic extract below with the sound device it predominantly demonstrates:

  • "Rustling reeds whisper as soft streams slide through silent valleys."Sibilance
  • "The rusted iron hinges grate, crunch, and snap in the cold wind."Cacophony
  • "The crackling campfire sputtered and hissed into the damp night."Onomatopoeia
  • "A fleet feet sweep beneath the deep green trees."Assonance

Answer

Extract 1 matches Sibilance, Extract 2 matches Cacophony, Extract 3 matches Onomatopoeia, and Extract 4 matches Assonance.
Each extract demonstrates a unique acoustic property of poetic craft: repeated 's' sounds produce sibilance; harsh, jarring sound combinations produce cacophony; sound-imitating vocabulary forms onomatopoeia; and repeated internal vowel sounds form assonance.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze Extract 1 for phonetic patterns.
Identify repeated fricative 's' sounds ('Rustling', 'soft', 'streams', 'slide', 'silent').
Repetition of sibilant consonant sounds produces sibilance.
2
Analyze Extract 2 for auditory mood and tone.
Identify harsh consonant combinations ('grate', 'crunch', 'snap').
Harsh, unmusical consonant combinations create cacophony.
3
Analyze Extract 3 for sound-meaning correspondence.
Identify sound-imitative words ('crackling', 'sputtered', 'hissed').
Words whose pronunciation mimics real-world acoustic actions exemplify onomatopoeia.
4
Analyze Extract 4 for internal vowel repetition.
Identify repeated long vowel sound /iː/ ('fleet', 'feet', 'sweep', 'beneath', 'deep', 'green').
Repetition of identical or similar internal vowel sounds without identical consonants is assonance.

Key Concept

Identification and acoustic classification of poetic sound devices
Estimated Time:1m 15s
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Sound Devices and Musicality

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