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| 6521658366 | abstract | refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images | 0 | |
| 6521662545 | ad hominem | in an argument, this is an attack on the person rather than on the opponents ideas. it comes from the Latin meaning '' against the man'' | 1 | |
| 6521692660 | ad populum | in an argument, appeal ''to the crowd'' - popular stance | 2 | |
| 6521699137 | adage | a familiar proverb or wise saying | 3 | |
| 6521702948 | allegory | a work that functions on a symbolic level | 4 | |
| 6521707031 | alliteration | the repetition of the same sound, usually consonant, at the beginning of two or more words of a sentence or line of poetry | 5 | |
| 6524220602 | alliterative sentences | repeating the same initial sound in two or more words of a sentence or line of poetry | 6 | |
| 6524225612 | allusion | reference to a mythological, literary, or, historical person, place, or thing | 7 | |
| 6524233047 | ambiguous language | misleading words, lacks clarify | 8 | |
| 6524237503 | analogy | this is a comparison of two pairs that have the same relationship ; comparison between two different items. | 9 | |
| 6524248466 | analysis | separation of a whole into its parts for individual study | 10 | |
| 6524254006 | analytical essay | examines, interprets, and explains the meaning and structure of a prose passage | 11 | |
| 6526156731 | analyze | to compare in order to rank items by importance or to provide reasons | 12 | |
| 6526161980 | anecdote | a story or brief episode told by the writer or a character to illustrate a point | 13 | |
| 6526166491 | antagonist | character or force in conflict with the main character or protagonist | 14 | |
| 6526170883 | antithesis | a direct juxtapostition of structurally parallel words, phrases, or clauses for the purpose of contrast | 15 | |
| 6526185447 | antonyms | words that mean the opposite | 16 | |
| 6526187783 | aphorism | a concise statement that expresses succinctly a general truth or idea, often using rhyme or balance | 17 | |
| 6526223566 | apostrophe | form of personification in which the absent or dead are spoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate | 18 | |
| 6526238622 | archetype | a detail, image, or character types that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response | 19 | |
| 6526245982 | argument | a single assertion or a series of assertions presented and defended by the writer | 20 | |
| 6526250232 | assonance | the repetition of accented vowel sounds in a sereies of words | 21 | |
| 6526256980 | assumptions | statements or thoughts taken to be true without proof | 22 | |
| 6526263618 | attitude | the relationship an author has toward his or her subject, and/or his or her audience | 23 | |
| 6526268953 | audience | those people who read or hear what a writer has written | 24 | |
| 6526272583 | authors craft | stylistic choices the author makes regarding such components as plot, characterization, structure, scenes, and dialogue to produce a desired effect | 25 | |
| 6526282690 | authors perspective | a way of looking at a subject at a work of literature; can be influenced by background knowledge and experiences | 26 | |
| 6526336390 | authors purpose | the reason why an author writes. | 27 | |
| 6526339954 | authors style | the authors manner of helping the reader understand his/her written work | 28 | |
| 6526343175 | autobiography | an authors account of his or her own life | 29 |
