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| 7259123108 | adage | A saying or proverb containing a truth based on experience and often couched in metaphorical language. Ex: "A penny saved is a penny earned" | 0 | |
| 7259123109 | Allegory | A story in which a second meaning is to be read beneath the surface Ex: "In animal farm, the pigs represent people in power" | 1 | |
| 7259123110 | Alliteration | The repetition of one or more initial consonants in a group of words or sentence Ex: "Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" | 2 | |
| 7259123111 | Allusion | A reference to a person, place, or event meant to create an effect or enhance the meaning of an idea Ex: "I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio" | 3 | |
| 7259123112 | Ambiguity | A vagueness of meaning; a conscious lack of clarity meant to evoke multiple meanings or interpretations Ex: "Each of us saw her duck" | 4 | |
| 7259123113 | Anachronism | A person, scene, event or other element that fails to correspond with the appropriate time or era Ex: "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter: therefore, ye soft pipes play on" -John Keats Ode on Grecian Urn | 5 | |
| 7259123114 | Analogy | A comparison that points out the similarities between two dissimilar things; a passage that points out several similarities between two unlike things is called an extended analogy Ex: "structure of an atom is like a solar system. Nucleus is the sun and electrons are the planets revolving around their sun" | 6 | |
| 7259123115 | Anaphora | The deliberate repetition of words at the beginning of successive clauses (form of parallelism) Ex: "Every day, Every night, in every way, I am getting better and better" | 7 | |
| 7259123116 | Ancedote | A brief narrative often used to illustrate an idea or make a point Ex: "You know, when I was a kid, my dog was my best friend. My childhood was better because of him" | 8 | |
| 7259123117 | Antimetabole | The identical or near repetition of words in one phrase or clause in reverse order in the next phrase or clause Ex: "Eat to live, not live to eat" -Socrates | 9 |
