Rebecca: Alliteration 1 key example

Definition of Alliteration

Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the “b” sound in: “Bob brought the box of bricks to... read full definition
Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the “b” sound in: “Bob brought... read full definition
Alliteration is a figure of speech in which the same sound repeats in a group of words, such as the... read full definition
Chapter 5
Explanation and Analysis—Callous Countryside:

In Chapter 5, the narrator barely refrains from crying after Maxim gets angry at her for asking about his past. She uses personification and alliteration to help convey how she feels on their drive back to the hotel:

Swiftly we covered the ground, far too swiftly, I thought, far too easily, and the callous countryside watched us with indifference.