What is consonance? Select the best answer from the choices provided.
A
a constant theme or subject within a text
B.
the repetition of consonants, excluding alliteration
C.
a type of shorthand consisting only of consonants
D. the constant use of a single image within a poem

In the adapted excerpt from michael wigglesworth’s day of doom, choose the correct meaning for each underlined word. they rush from beds with giddy ( ** ) heads, and to their windows run, viewing this light, which shines more bright than doth (***) the noon-day sun straightway appears (they see’t with tears) the son of man most dread; who with his train comes on amain () to judge both quick and gone. the answers are in order from the first perenthasis, to the last ones the stars will tell you. **swollen, dizzy, aching ***goes, has, done quickly, late, carefully do