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14756685124Allegorya story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.0
14756692790AlliterationThe repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words.1
14756698638AllusionA reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art2
14756712217AmbiguityThe multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage.3
14756713644AnalogyA similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.4
14756715649Anaphorathe repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."5
14756722496anecdoteA brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event.6
14756724332antecedentThe word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.7
14756725213AphorismA terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle.8
14756730790Apostrophea figure of speech in which one directly addresses an absent or imaginary person, or some abstraction9
14756733143atmosphere/moodthe feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage10
14756737757clauseA grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.11
14756740394colloquial/colloquialismThe use of slang or informalities in speech or writing12

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