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1
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Antanaclasis

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Repetition of a word in two different sentences, but with different meanings.

2
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Paronomasia

A

Using words that sound alike bit that differ in meaning (punning)

3
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Onomatopoeia

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Words which sound like the thing they describe

4
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Malapropism

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A confused use of words in which an appropriate word is replaced by one with similar sound but (often ludicrously) inappropriate meaning.