"What sound device is used in the following excerpt from ""How the Animals Lost their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling from Philadelphia to Medicine Hat"&qu…

Question

"What sound device is used in the following excerpt from ""How the Animals Lost their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling from Philadelphia to Medicine Hat"" by Carl Sandburg?

When there was a fight and a snag and a wrangle between two families living next door neighbors to each other and this old flongboo was called in to umpire and to say which family was right and which family was wrong, which family started it and which family ought to stop it, he used to say,
“The best umpire is the one who knows just how far to go and how far not to go.” A. repetition
B. alliteration
C. rhyme
D. consonance
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Answer 1

For PLATO users the correct answer is A

Repetition

Answer 2

Answer: A. Repetition

Explanation: The word family is intentionally repeated in each instance where it could have been omitted. This sound device adds to the sense of "annoying, noisy, lengthy argument" that was already started with the pseudo-repetition "a fight and a snag and a wrangle" (i.e., three words to refer to the same thing).