literary devices Flashcards
1
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anaphora
A
use of word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence
2
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allusion
A
a brief reference to a real or fictional person, place, or work of art
3
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alliteration
A
occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely related words
4
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consonance
A
repetition of constant sounds
5
Q
assonance
A
repetition of vowel sound
6
Q
pun
A
joke with different possible meaning of the word
7
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redundancy
A
loss of meaning and function. no longer needed
