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| 4794564232 | alliteration | is the recurrence of initial consonant sounds. The repetition can be juxtaposed (and then it is usually limited to two words): example- | 0 | |
| 4794570625 | Allusion | is a short, informal reference to a famous person or event: example- | 1 | |
| 4794572254 | Amplification | involves repeating a word or expression while adding more detail to it, in order to emphasize what might otherwise be passed over. In other words, amplification allows you to call attention to, emphasize, and expand a word or idea to make sure the reader realizes its importance or centrality in the discussion. example- | 2 | |
| 4794577073 | Anacoluthon | finishing a sentence with a different grammatical structure from that with which it began: example- | 3 | |
| 4794579969 | Anadiplosis | repeats the last word of one phrase, clause, or sentence at or very near the beginning of the next. it can be generated in series for the sake of beauty or to give a sense of logical progression: example- | 4 | |
| 4794593803 | Analogy | compares two things, which are alike in several respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea or object by showing how the idea or object is similar to some familiar one. While simile and analogy often overlap, the simile is generally a more artistic likening, done briefly for effect and emphasis, while analogy serves the more practical end of explaining a thought process or a line of reasoning or the abstract in terms of the concrete, and may therefore be more extended. example- | 5 | |
| 4794595925 | Anaphora | is the repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences, commonly in conjunction with climax and with parallelism: example- | 6 | |
| 4794597274 | Antanagoge | placing a good point or benefit next to a fault criticism, or problem in order to reduce the impact or significance of the negative point: example- | 7 | |
| 4794600661 | Antimetabole | reversing the order of repeated words or phrases (a loosely chiastic structure, AB-BA) to intensify the final formulation, to present alternatives, or to show contrast: example- | 8 | |
| 4794601965 | Antiphrasis | one word irony, established by context example- | 9 | |
| 4872281141 | Anti-thesis | -establishes a clear contrasting realtionship between two ideas by joining them together. example- | 10 | |
| 4872285835 | Apophasis | -asserts or emphasizes something by pointedly seeming to pass over, ingnore, or deny it. example- | 11 | |
| 4872289411 | Aporia | -expresses doubt about an idea or conclusion example- | 12 | |
| 4872293165 | Aposiopesis | -stopping abruptley and leaving a statement unfinished example- | 13 | |
| 4872304470 | Apostrophe | -interupts the discussion or discourse and addresses directly a person or personified thing. example- | 14 |
