Answer:
overstatement --> E. hyperbole
pleasant-sounding --> C. euphony
understatement --> A. litotes
simile --> B. cool as a cucumber
cacophony --> D. opposite of euphony
Explanation:
An overstatement or hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express an idea, a feeling, an action etc.
Euphony refers to a harmonious combination of words or sounds, being pleasant to the ear.
An understatement is the description or presentation of something as being less important than what it really is. Litotes is an ironic understatement.
A simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison - stating a similarity - between two different things. It uses words such as "as" or "like".
Cacophony is a discordance of sounds, unpleasant to the ear.
The r sound in "liquor, power, generate, therein, sire and flower" and bud/sun/run is an example of consonance.
Option C and D
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Consonance is known as repetitive sounds by constants. In the above answer both the option are consonance since they have repetitive sounds in closely connected words. Sometimes it may be middle of a word but mostly it occurs at the end of the word.
It is mostly used in a sentence or phrase. It is also known as a Literary Device Consonance can be identified by identical constant sounds of the words in the sentence or phrase. The 'r' sound in first statement and 'u' sound in second is the best example among given option for consonance.
Look up any of his books and check out his word play
She returned to school and earned good grades to graduate.
Answer:
Theme is the writer's message about life, whereas plot describes the main events and sequence of a story.
A key difference is that themes are often short and can be said in one sentence, whereas the plot of a story can be lengthy. Themes are a relationship between the story and life- essentially an extension of the story and how the events can be applicable in real life. Simply put, plots just describe the story.
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