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| 8902961205 | Abstract | Describes language that is vague or lacking in specific detail. A reader cannot connecg visually or otherwise with abstract langauge. The opposite is concrete langauge (precise) | 0 | |
| 8902961206 | Allusion | A reference to another work of literature, person, or event | 1 | |
| 8902961207 | Ambivalence | Mutually conflicting feelings or thoughts: being "torn in two directions" about some person, object, issue, or idea | 2 | |
| 8902975006 | Amplification | A sequence of progressive examples of anecdotes, often showing intensification | 3 | |
| 8902975007 | Anaphora | Repetition, especially of the same word at the beginning of several phrases or clauses. | 4 | |
| 8910213790 | Anecdote | A brief narrative illustration a pint | 5 | |
| 8910213791 | antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun prefers | 6 | |
| 8910213792 | Antithesis | Direct opposite | 7 | |
| 8910213793 | Aphorism | A terse, skillful expression of a general truth or moral principle. | 8 | |
| 8910213794 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent person, abstraction, or personified idea | 9 | |
| 8910213795 | Archaism | Use of an older or obsolete form | 10 | |
| 8910213796 | atmosphere | The emotional mood created in the reader by the entirety of a text | 11 | |
| 8910213797 | Cacophonous | Describes harsh, discordant sounds in a line or passage (opposite is euphonious) | 12 |
