Birdsong, beautiful bursts of ballads

What rhetorical device did the student use in this line?

Anaphora

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Alliteration

Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a group of words. In this case the / b / sound is repeated at the beginning of all the words.

Anaphora is the repetition of a clause or phrase at the beginning of a group of sentences.

Onomatopoeia is a word that sounds the same as its meaning. For example: clack, clang, boom, snap.

Simile is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as. She floated like a cloud above the horizon. In this example, she and cloud are being compared.