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11453484879AllegoryA narrative in which the characters and behaviors, and even setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often a universal symbol or a personified abstraction.0
11453484880AlliterationThe sequential repetition of a similar initial sound.1
11453484881AnaphoraThe regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of phrases2
11453484882AntithesisDesigned to make a point3
11453484883AphorismStatement designed to make a point4
11453484884Appeals to: authority, emotion, logicRhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field, or attempts to play upon the emotions, or appeals to the use of reason5
11453484885Apostropheaddress to something inanimate6
11453484886AssonanceRepetition of vowel sounds7
11453484887AsyndetonA syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose8
11453484888attitudethe sense expressed by the tone of voice and/or the mood of a piece of writing9
11453484889begging the questionArgumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or conflict10
11453484890Canonthat which has been accepted as authentic11
11453484891ChiasmusA figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second12

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