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
Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.
It was the best of times, It was the worst of times.
Identify the figure of speech in the following statement.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing.
Using softer sounding words to avoid bluntness is called
The statement, “If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times________” is an example of
A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit
