What literary device means (from Greek) meaning “depth” to become increasingly passionate using inconsequential and absurd metaphors, descriptions, or ideas
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Bathos
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What literary device means to remain ambiguous by expressing things, ideas, or views, when not wanting to say something directly
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Circumlocution
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What literary device means (from Latin) “a falling” to signal the rising and falling of the voice when reading a literary piece
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Cadence
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What literary device means the repetition of the same consonant sounds in a line of text
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Consonance
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What literary device means an expression that is trite, worn-out, and overused
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Cliché
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What literary device means texts that are overloaded with informative or realistic matter, and are marked by the omission of graceful and pleasing details
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Didactic
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What literary device means (from Greek) “miss” or “none” the use of disparaging or offensive expressions instead of inoffensive
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Dysphemism
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What literary device means the use of impolite, harsh-sounding, and unusual words
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Dissonance
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