taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

in poetry the repetition of the sound of a vowel

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Vocab week 1

Lit

Term	Definition
Literate	able to read and write
illiterate	unable to read or write
obliterate	destroy utterly, wipe out
Literal	taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor
alliteration	the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
assonance	in poetry the repetition of the sound of a vowel