DEVICE G:  THE SOUNDALIKE
Synonym of homophone or synonym of a word that sounds the same.
eg. Sounds like an affirmative organ = EYE.
Affirmative means "yes" or "aye". Aye is a homophone (sound-alike) for eye, which is of course an organ of the body.

eg. Bend the branch, I hear = BOW.
In the above example "branch" is a synonym of "bough" which is in turn a sound-alike of "bow", meaning to bend at the waist.
  Suspect the use of this device when the wording suggests that the sound is important. Key words: sounds, hear, heard, say, said.
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