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Wordplay and Puns Flashcards

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Antanaclasis

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Repetition of a word in two different sentences, but with different meanings.

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Paronomasia

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Using words that sound alike bit that differ in meaning (punning)

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Onomatopoeia

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Words which sound like the thing they describe

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Malapropism

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A confused use of words in which an appropriate word is replaced by one with similar sound but (often ludicrously) inappropriate meaning.

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English Lit: Terminology (7 decks)

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