Read the passage: While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

What is the effect of the alliteration in this passage?

A. The words napping and tapping rhyme.

B. The word tapping is a sound word.

C. The words nodded, nearly napping are right next to each other and are stressed.

D. The words nodded, nearly napping suggest a person's head drifting off to sleep.

D. The words nodded, nearly napping suggest a person's head drifting off to sleep.

Explanation:

answer: a

explanation:

read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

there is no paragraph seven here.