ENG 2DE Literary Devices

Question 1

repetition of the initial word(s) over successive phrases

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 2

repetition of the initial consonant sounds in successive words

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 3

an inversion of language's ordinar order of words

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anastrophe

Question 4

a word or phrase applied to an object to which it is not literally applicable

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metaphor

Question 5

the rlease of emotions towards the end of a tragedy

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catharsis

Question 6

Contradictory terms appear next to each other

Accepted Answer

oxymoron

Question 7

the repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words

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assonance

Question 8

A statement that is apparently self-contradictory, but is actually valid

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paradox

Question 9

repetition of the first and last wrods in a phrase over successive phrases

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symploce

Question 10

when one line of a poem ends without a pause and continues into the next

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enjambment

Questions 10