Lesson 2.

Sound Devices
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1. apparition (noun) – the ghostly image of a person

I walk quickly whenever I have to use the bathroom in the middle of the
night for fear that I might see an apparition.

2. countenance (noun) – a person’s facial expression

Because of the way my resting face looks, people often ask why I have
such an unpleasant countenance.

3. transient (adjective) – lasting a very short time

Some artists, particularly in Japan, believe in the idea that the more
transient something is, the more beautiful we remember it.
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4. wiles (noun) – devious, cunning, or manipulative strategies

Because he can’t best him in strength, Loki usually relies on his wiles to
attempt to defeat Thor.

5. foresight (noun) – the ability to predict the future, usually through

intelligent guessing or smart use of information
Alcibiades gave one final piece of counsel to Diodorus, but the latter’s
lack of foresight caused him to ignore the advice, leading to the defeat of
the Athenian army.
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Sound devices help form visual images and highlight the mood
and tone of a text.

● Alliteration is the repetition of similar sounds at the

beginning of closely spaced words.
● Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds that form
internal rhymes in a line.
● Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds, usually at
the end of words.
● Cacophony is the use of jarring sounds, meant to convey
disorder.
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● Euphony is the use of sound devices meant to create a

pleasant experience to the ear.
● Onomatopoeia is the use of words that mimic the natural
sound of what is being described.
● Repetition is the repetition of words or phrases to form
rhythm or to emphasize an idea.
● Rhyme is the repetition of identical (or similar) sounds in two
or more words, most often at the end of lines in a poem.