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| 4839113117 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically is to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. In some __________, for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. The ____________ meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence | 0 | |
| 4839113118 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words ( as in "she sells sea shells). Although the term is not frequently in the multiple section, you can look for ____________ in any essay passage. The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, supply a musical sound, and/or echo the sense of the passage. | 1 | |
| 4839113119 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. __________ can be historical, literary, religious, topical, or mythical. There are many more possibilities, and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of ____________ | 2 | |
| 4839113120 | Anaphora | A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences (example: MLKs I have a dream speech) | 3 | |
| 4839113121 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | 4 | |
| 4839113122 | Antimetabole | The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast | 5 | |
| 4839113123 | Antithesis | The opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite | 6 | |
| 4839113124 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imagined person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect may add familiarity or emotional intensity | 7 | |
| 4839113125 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. An _____________ can be a memorable summation of the authors point | 8 |
