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5931389029alliterationUsed for poetic effect, a repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group.0
5931390025allegoryWhere every aspect of a story is representative, usually symbolic, of something else, usually a larger abstract concept or important historical/geopolitical event.1
5931390693allusionA reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work2
5931391400ambiguityA statement which can contain two or more meanings3
5931392045analogyA comparison of two different things that are alike in some way4
5931393406antecedena word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence.5
5931393917AnthropomorphismWhere animals or inanimate objects are portrayed in a story as people, such as by walking, talking, or being given arms, legs, facial features, human locomotion or other anthropoid form6
5931398219AphorismA brief statement which expresses an observation on life, usually intended as a wise observation.7
5931398922ApostropheA figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman.8
5931399410archetypesomething that serves as a model or a basis for making copies;9
5931400002atmospherethe dominant mood or emotional tone of a work of art, as of a play or novel:10
5931400853antithesisopposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.11

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