‘She sells sea shells on the sea shore’ is an example of which figure of speech?

Option 1 : Alliteration

The correct answer is 'Alliteration.'

• Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words in a sentence or phrase. In this figure of speech the letter or alphabet is repeated.
  • ​Example: Road is full of snakes and scorpions.
• Here, in the given question, the two sounds are repeating "s" and "sh". So, this is a type of alliteration.

Hence, option 1 is the correct answer.

• Onomatopoeia is when a word’s pronunciation imitates the sound that it describes. It includes animal noises like meow, hiss, etc.
  • Example: The best part about music class is that you can bang on the drum.
• Simile is a very common figure of speech that uses the words "like" and "as" to compare two unlike things that are not similar in definition. 
  • ​Example: Shalini is as fast as a tiger.
• Irony is a contradiction between words and expressions. It confuses the other person about what you said and what you meant.
  • ​Example: A pilot has a fear of heights.