RIT SCORE RANGE 201-210

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

al·​lit·​er·​a·​tion | \ ə-ˌli-tə-ˈrā-shən \
Definition of alliteration
: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
— called also head rhyme, initial rhyme

In alliteration, consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables are repeated. The repeated sounds are usually the first, or initial, sounds—as in “seven sisters”—but repetition of sounds in non-initial stressed, or accented, syllables is also common: “appear and report.” Alliteration is a common feature in poetry, but it is also found in songs and raps and speeches and other kinds of writing, as well as in frequently used phrases, such as “pretty as a picture” and “dead as a doornail.”

Question 2

Assonance

Answer 2

as·​so·​nance | \ ˈa-sə-nən(t)s \
Definition of assonance
1a : relatively close juxtaposition of similar sounds especially of vowels (as in “rise high in the bright sky”)
b : repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants (as in stony and holy) used as an alternative to rhyme in verse
2 : resemblance of sound in words or syllables

Question 3

Assumption

Answer 3

as·​sump·​tion | \ ə-ˈsəm(p)-shən \
Definition of assumption
1 : a taking to or upon oneself
the assumption of a new position
2 : the act of laying claim to or taking possession of something
the assumption of power
3a : an assuming that something is true
a mistaken assumption
b : a fact or statement (such as a proposition, axiom (see AXIOM sense 2), postulate, or notion) taken for granted
4a : the taking up of a person into heaven
b capitalized : August 15 observed in commemoration of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
5 : the taking over of another’s debts
6 : ARROGANCE, PRETENSION

Synonyms
given, hypothetical, if, postulate, premise (also premiss), presumption, presupposition, supposition