Use the sentence to answer the question.

“The comb raked through her matted hair and tore at the tangles buried there.”

Which stylistic technique is used in the example?

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onomatopoiea
onomatopoiea

alliteration
alliteration

rhyme
rhyme

repetition
repetition
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The stylistic technique used in the example is alliteration. This can be identified by the repetition of initial consonant sounds in "comb," "raked," and "tangles."