Question

read the lines from \do not go gentle into that good night.\ good men, the last wave by, crying how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, rage, rage against the dying of the light. which figurative device is in bold in the excerpt?
○ oxymoron
○ alliteration
○ pun
○ hyperbole

Explanation:

• An oxymoron combines contradictory terms, which is not present here.
• Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds. The bolded phrase "the last wave by" repeats the /w/ sound in "wave" and "by", and the surrounding text also has alliterative elements, but the bolded part fits this device.
• A pun relies on wordplay with double meanings, which is not used here.
• Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration, which is not the device in the bolded text.

Answer:

alliteration