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What is the literary device in which the same initial consonant sound is repeated in two or more words that are close together?
What is the literary device in which the same initial consonant sound is repeated in two or more words that are close together?
Which literary device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses?
Which literary device involves the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses?
What is the term for posing a question and then immediately providing an answer?
What is the term for posing a question and then immediately providing an answer?
Which device replaces a word with a related term?
Which device replaces a word with a related term?
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What is the literary term for the repetition of sentence structures?
What is the literary term for the repetition of sentence structures?
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Alliteration
Alliteration
The repetition of initial stressed consonant sounds in nearby words.
Anaphora
Anaphora
The repetition of a sequence of words at the beginning of neighboring clauses.
Antithesis
Antithesis
The juxtaposition of opposing ideas within parallel grammatical structures.
Metonymy
Metonymy
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Synecdoche
Synecdoche
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Study Notes
Literary Devices
- Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words.
- Anaphora: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.
- Antithesis: The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in parallel grammatical structures.
- Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.
- Consonance: The repetition of consonant sounds in adjacent or nearby words.
- Distinctio: Clarifying different meanings of a word to reduce ambiguity.
- Epistrophe: The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
- Hypophora: Posing and immediately answering a question.
- Metonymy: Substituting a related word for the word itself.
- Parallelism: The deliberate repetition of similar sentence structure.
- Symploce: Repeating words or phrases both at the beginning and end of successive clauses or sentences.
- Synecdoche: Representing something (the whole) with a part of it.
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Test your knowledge of various literary devices with this engaging quiz. From alliteration to synecdoche, this quiz covers a range of rhetorical and stylistic techniques essential for any literature enthusiast. Discover how well you understand these concepts and their applications in writing.
