Choose the answer from the options below to fill the blank in the sentence given below. __________ is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer, or is used to emphasise feeling or idea, create a rhythm and bring attention to an idea.
Repetition
Repetition is the literary device in which the same words or phrases are used more than once to emphasise an idea, create rhythm, and draw attention. Alliteration instead involves repeating initial consonant sounds rather than whole words or phrases, so it does not match this description.
Important Questions from Figure of speech/Literary Devices
Select the appropriate figure of speech from the given options.
Why the whole city went out to see the victorious general?
Select the appropriate figure of speech from the given options.
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
Select the appropriate figure of speech from the given options.
An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the good of his country.
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He lay all night on his sleepless pillow.
The underlined is an example of
“An exaggeration for emphasis” is feature of:
