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LITERARY TERMS

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 1) ALLITERATION Alliteration is a literary style where there is repetition of the initial consonants in a series of words. As well as tongue twisters, alliteration is used in poems, song lyrics, and band names and slogans. Example:  She sells seashells down by the seashore. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled. 2) ALLUSION Allusion is when the writer alludes or refers to an event, character or thing from another book within their own story , or a societal or political reference , for example, in order to emphasize a connection. For example: He is nothing but a Judas (showing the negative trails of betrayal and deceit) 3) EUPHEMISM Euphemism is a more polite or indirect words expression to replace one through to be too blunt or harsh when talking about something upsetting, unpleasant or embarrassing.  For example: Letting someone go = someone being fired. Met their maker = a person has died. 4) HOMOPHONE Homophone are words that are pronounced the sane way but spelt diffe...