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| 6392102686 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent and abstraction in addition to literal meaning. |  | 0 |
| 6392102687 | Antecedent | Word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. |  | 1 |
| 6392102689 | Aphorism | Terse statement of unknown authorship which expresses a general truth or moral |  | 2 |
| 6392102690 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. |  | 3 |
| 6392102691 | Colloquial/Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. |  | 4 |
| 6392102692 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. |  | 5 |
| 6392102697 | Anaphora | A sub-type of parallelism, when the exact repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of successive lines or sentences. |  | 6 |
| 6392102717 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. |  | 7 |
| 6392117586 | Coherence | A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. | 8 | |
| 6392121395 | Connotation | An idea that is implied or suggested | 9 | |
| 6392132130 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something that is commonly known. A book, historical event, work of art | 10 | |
| 6392138904 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 11 | |
| 6392144156 | 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. Even such elements as a description of the weather can contribute to the atmosphere. Frequently atmosphere foreshadows events. Perhaps it can create a mood. | 12 | |
| 6392147318 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent, or main, clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. | 13 | |
| 6392152280 | 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. | 14 | |
| 6392160586 | ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 15 |
