The Peculiar Power of Consonance: Why Your Brain Loves a Nice Ring to Things

On Rhetoric and Literary Devices

There’s something rather magical about the way certain phrases stick in our minds like particularly stubborn bits of bubble gum to the underside of a desk. “Proper preparation prevents poor performance.” “She sells seashells by the seashore.” “Good things come to those who wait.” What these memorable morsels share, beyond their uncanny ability to lodge […]

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