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| 4747364159 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 0 | |
| 4747364160 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words. | 1 | |
| 4747364161 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. | 2 | |
| 4747364162 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intention or unintentional, or a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 4747364163 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. An analogy Can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. | 4 | |
| 4747364164 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause refers to by a pronoun. | 5 | |
| 4747364165 | Antithesis | The opposition or contrast of ideas. | 6 | |
| 4747364166 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 7 | |
| 4747364167 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. | 8 | |
| 4747364168 | Atmosphere | The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work , established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | 9 | |
| 4747364169 | Caricature | A verbal description, the purpose of which is to exaggerate or distort, for comic effect, a person's distinctive physical features or other characteristics. | 10 | |
| 4747364170 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and verb. An independent, or main, clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent, or subordinate clause, cannot stand alone as a sentence and must be accompanied by an independent clause. | 11 | |
| 4747364171 | Colloquial/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | 12 | |
| 4747364172 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. A conceit displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made. | 13 |
