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| 2877193412 | Allegory | The device of using character and or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning | 0 | |
| 2877207646 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words. | 1 | |
| 2877214772 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known such as an event, book, myth, place or work of art | 2 | |
| 2877225263 | Ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage | 3 | |
| 2877231609 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them | 4 | |
| 2877235088 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clause, or sentences | 5 | |
| 2877247268 | Anecdote | A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person. | 6 | |
| 2877270378 | Antecedent | The word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun | 7 | |
| 2877274107 | Antithesis | Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structured; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses or sentences. | 8 | |
| 2877292310 | Aphorism | A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principal. (Folk Tales) | 9 | |
| 2877302742 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction such as liberty or love | 10 | |
| 2877311856 | Asyndeton | Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases or clauses | 11 | |
| 2877320652 | Atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of literary works, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described | 12 | |
| 2877333182 | Chiasmus | (Criss-cross) A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words. | 13 | |
| 2877354825 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb | 14 | |
| 2877369500 | Colloquial / Colloquiallism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 15 | |
| 2877373835 | Coherence | A principle demanding the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible . | 16 | |
| 2877387247 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 17 | |
| 2877402850 | Connotation | The non literal associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 18 |
