Read the excerpt from "My First March.” A group in the back started fanning themselves and singing the song "Heatwave,” making everyone laugh and sing along. The author conveys the joy in the excerpt through the use of

The excerpt refers to the song “Heatwave,” using a recognizable song title to connect the scene to something outside the passage. That reference is an allusion, and the group’s playful singing helps convey the joy of the moment. It is not anaphora, which repeats a word or phrase at the beginnings of successive clauses.

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