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8701310942allegoryA story, fictional or nonfictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts; they reveal an abstract truth0
8701322912alliterationThe repetition of sounds, usually initial consonants in neighboring words: "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."1
8701334227allusionAn instance of indirect reference2
8701341121ambiguityThe state of having multiple meanings; an intentional or unintentional equivocation3
8701352139anaphoraA repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses: "I came, I saw, I conquered."4

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