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| 15734997 | allegory | the device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | |
| 15734998 | alliteration | the repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words (she sells sea shells). Although the term is not used in the multiple-choice section, you can look for alliteration in any essay passage. The repetition can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, and/or supply a musical sound | |
| 15734999 | allusion | a direct or indirect referance to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place or work of art | |
| 15735000 | ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage. | |
| 15735001 | anadiplosis | the repitition of a key word, especially the last one, at the beginning of the next sentence or clause. | |
| 15735002 | example of anadiplosis | he gave his life, life was all he could give | |
| 15735003 | analogy | a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. | |
| 15735004 | anaphora | the rhetorical device of repeating a word of phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences for emphasis and rhythm | |
| 15735005 | anathema | a thing or person accursed or damned; a thing or person greatly detested; a formal curse or condemnation excommunicating a person from a church or damning something; any strong curse | |
| 15735006 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun | |
| 15735007 | anticlimax | using a sequence of ideas that abruptly diminish in dignity or importance at the end of a sentence, generally for satirical effect. | |
| 15735008 | antimetabole | repeating words in reverse order for suprise and emphasis | |
| 15735009 | antithesis | a contrast or opposition of thoughts, usually in two phrases, clauses, or sentences. | |
| 15735010 | Example of antithesis | "You are going; I am staying" The exact opposite (Joy is the _____ of sorrow) | |
| 15735011 | aphorism | a terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle | |
| 15735012 | apostrophe | a figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. | |
| 15735013 | example of apostrophe | william wordsworth addresses john milton as he writes, " milton, thou shouldst be living at this hour: england hath need of thee." | |
| 15735014 | archetype | the original pattern, or model from which all other things of the same kind are made; a perfect example of a type or group | |
| 15735015 | assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words; e.g., the words "cry" and "side" have the same vowel sound and so are said to be examples of _____________ | |
| 15735016 | asyndeton | the practice of leaving out the usual conjunctions between coordinate sentence elements. For example: smile, shake hands, part. | |
| 15735017 | atmosphere | the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. | |
| 15735018 | attitude | the position or posture assumed in connection with an action, feeling, mood. |
