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'''Anachronism''' is a literary term describing an object that appears in a time period it logically shouldn't.
'''Anachronism''' is a literary term describing an object that appears in a time period it logically shouldn't.
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An example of an anachronism would be a [[motorcycle|motorcycle]] rider in the [[American Civil War]]
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An example of an anachronism would be a [[motorcycle|motorcycle]] rider in the [[American Civil War]]
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An anachronism in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''Julius Caesar'' was a mechanical clock, which did not exist in time in which the play was set.
[[Category: Literary Devices]]
[[Category: Literary Devices]]
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