8. The competitors in the long jump event were daunted by the performance of Kevin Jones.

Kevin Jones was the best participant in the long jump event. No one expected to do better than Kevin Jones in the long jump. The long jump event daunted all the competitors except Kevin Jones. Since Kevin Jones jumped so well the other competitors in the event were discouraged.

Explanation:

the correct answer is d. a discussion of specific uses of alliteration

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when you are critiquing or evaluating a poem, you will mostly pay attention to the theme, as well as figures of speech and rhythm. alliteration is a figure of speech where consonants are repeated in neighboring words - and it is important for analysis of sound and rhythm, which is why it might appear in the evaluation of that poem.

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