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The name had been changed
Passive
He changed the name
Active
Olfactory imagery
Smell
Synecdoche
Figure of speech which represents a whole,part represents a hole
Analepsis
Flashback
Alliteration
The repetition of identical consonant sounds
Allusion
Reference and quotations that authors assume their readers will recognize.
Anaphora
Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of a line throughout a work or the section of a work.
Assonance
The repetition of identical vowel sounds in different words in close proximity. Example: deep green sea.
Caesura
A short but definite pause used for effect within a line of poetry.
Chiasmus
Chiasmus is a crossing or reversal of two elements Example: You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
Consonance
the partial or total identity of consonants in words whose main vowels differ. Example: shadow meadow
Couplet
Two successive rhyming lines.
Enjambment
A line having no end punctuation but running over to the next line.
Hyperbole
Hyperbole is exaggeration for effect