Editing Rhetorical device (section)

=== Cacophony ===
[[Cacophony]] refers to the use of unpleasant sounds, such as the [[Plosive consonants]] ''[[Voiceless velar stop|k]]'', ''[[Voiced velar stop|g]]'', ''[[Voiceless alveolar stop|t]]'', ''[[Voiced alveolar stop|d]]'', ''[[Voiceless bilabial stop|p]]'' and ''[[Voiced bilabial stop|b]]'', the [[Sibilant|hissing sounds]] ''[[Voiceless postalveolar fricative#Voiceless palato-alveolar fricative|sh]]'' and ''[[Voiceless alveolar fricative#Voiceless alveolar sibilant|s]]'', and also the [[Affricate consonant|affricates]] ''[[Voiceless postalveolar affricate|ch]]'' and ''[[Voiced postalveolar affricate|j]]'', in rapid succession in a line or passage, creating a harsh and discordant effect.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.literarydevices.com/cacophony/|title=Cacophony Examples and Definition|date=2015-08-14|website=Literary Devices|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}</ref>
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Hear the loud alarum bells– <br/>Brazen bells! What tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!<br/>In the startled ear of night<br/>How they scream out their affright!<br/>Too much horrified to speak,<br/>They can only shriek, shriek...
|author=[[Edgar Allan Poe]]
|title=[[The Bells (poem)|The Bells]]
}}