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| 4786272546 | Allegory | story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities | 0 | |
| 4786272547 | Alliteration | repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together | 1 | |
| 4786273691 | Allusion | reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture; an indirect reference to something | 2 | |
| 4786273692 | Ambiguity | deliberately suggesting two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meanings in a work; an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way (done on purpose by the author) | 3 | |
| 4786273693 | Analogy | comparison made between two things to show how they are alike | 4 | |
| 4786274529 | Anaphora | repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row; deliberate form of repetition that helps make the writer's point more coherent | 5 | |
| 4786274530 | Anastrophe | inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence; purpose is rhythm or emphasis | 6 | |
| 4786275436 | Anecdote | brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual | 7 | |
| 4786275437 | Antagonist | opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero, or protagonist, in a story | 8 | |
| 4786276732 | Antimetabole | repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order -> in poetry, it's chiasmus | 9 | |
| 4786277748 | Antithesis | balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure | 10 | |
| 4788189572 | Antihero | central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes, may lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples | 11 | |
| 4788191056 | Anthropomorphism | attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object -> personification | 12 | |
| 4788193878 | Aphorism | brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth -> maxim, epigram | 13 | |
| 4788196571 | Apostrophe | calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea; if it is a god or goddess, it's an invocation | 14 | |
| 4788201116 | Apposition | placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation or modification of the first (often set off by a colon) | 15 | |
| 4788213471 | Assonance | repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together | 16 | |
| 4788218752 | Asyndeton | commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally | 17 | |
| 4788219785 | Balance | constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance; sentence can be unbalanced for effect | 18 | |
| 4788227618 | Characterization | process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character | 19 | |
| 4788228599 | Indirect Characterization | the author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing how the character looks, how they talk, revealing private thoughts, their effect on others, or their actions | 20 | |
| 4788238820 | Direct Characterization | author tells us directly what the character is like; romantic style literature relied heavily on this form | 21 | |
| 4788241524 | Static Character | character who does not change much in the course of a story | 22 | |
| 4788242624 | Dynamic Character | character who changes in some important way as a result of the story's action | 23 | |
| 4788243615 | Flat Character | character who has only one or two personality traits; one dimensional, can be summed up in one phrase | 24 | |
| 4788245971 | Round Character | character who has more dimensions to their personalities; they are complex, just as real people are | 25 |
