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What literary device is defined as the repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence?
Which literary device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines?
What literary device includes the repetition of the same words in reverse order?
Which literary device involves the opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction?
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What literary device includes the omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words?
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Which literary device involves the placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences?
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What literary device is defined as a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art?
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Which literary device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines?
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What literary device involves the omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words?
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Which literary device is defined as a brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art?
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Study Notes
Literary Devices
Sound Devices
- Alliteration: repetition of the same sound beginning several words or syllables in sequence.
Repetition Devices
- Anaphora: repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines.
- Epistrophe: repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or lines (not mentioned in the text, but related to anaphora).
Structure Devices
- Chiasmus: repetition of the same words in reverse order.
- Antithesis: opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.
- Asyndeton: omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.
- Juxtaposition: placement of two things closely together to emphasize similarities or differences.
Reference Devices
- Allusion: brief reference to a person, event, or place, real or fictitious, or to a work of art.
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Test your knowledge of literary devices with this quiz covering alliteration, allusion, and anaphora. Identify and understand these techniques commonly used in literature and writing.
