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title: "Phonetic SDs"
description: "The gift of the magi by O.Henry. • Three times Della counted it. (Alliteration) • There was clearl..."
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# Phonetic SDs

> The gift of the magi by O.Henry. • Three times Della counted it. (Alliteration) • There was clearl...

***The gift of the magi by O.Henry.***

 

• *Three times* Della counted it. (Alliteration)

• There was clearly nothing to do but *flop down* on the shabby little couch and howl. (Onomatopoeia)

• … life is made up of *sobs, sniffles,* and *smiles,* with *sniffles* predominating.(Alliteration)

• A *furnished flat* at $8 per week. (Alliteration)

• It did not *exactly beggar description,* but … (Assonance)

• … and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. (Onomatopoeia)

• Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, *though*, *they* were *thinking* seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. (Alliteration)

• *She stood* by the window and looked out dully *at a gray cat walking a gray* fence in *a gray backyard.* (Alliteration), (Assonance)

• And then an ecstatic *scream of joy*; and then, alas! (Onomatopoeia)

• She held *it out to* him eagerly *upon* her *open palm.* (Assonance).

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Source: [https://yvision.kz/post/phonetic-sds-410379](https://yvision.kz/post/phonetic-sds-410379)