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a sound device in which a word sounds like its meaning, e.g. The bees buzzed in the flowers. The snake hissed at the dog. The taxi screeched to a halt. The girl hummed as she worked.
the study of the origin of words, and of their history and changes in their meaning (in other...
a figure of speech such as alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia, that uses sound to create...
a long speech by a single person.
words formed by linking two or more words by means of hyphens, e.g. mother-in-law.
a punctuation mark which links two or more words: step-sister; brother-in-law.