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| 4859018041 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. | 0 | |
| 4859018042 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them. Ex: Getting politicians to agree is like herding cats. | 1 | |
| 4859018043 | Anaphora | Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses. Always used deliberately, this pattern of repetition helps to establish a marked rhythm and often produces strong emotional effect. Ex: We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans... (Winston Churchill) | 2 | |
| 4859018044 | Antithesis | The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure. The contrast may be in words or in ideas or both. Ex: That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. (Neil Armstrong) | 3 | |
| 4859018046 | Connotation | The non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 4 | |
| 4859035484 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story element s symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. Ex. - "Animal Farm" George Orwell | 5 | |
| 4859041621 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words (as in "she sells sea shells). | 6 | |
| 4859054031 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 7 | |
| 4859062912 | 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. | 8 | |
| 4859068902 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 9 | |
| 4859078672 | Aphorism | A terse statement of know authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle. (If the authorship is unknown, the statement is generally considered to be a folk proverb.) | 10 | |
| 4859085726 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love. It is an address to someone or something that cannot answer. The effect is to give vent to or display intense emotion, which can no longer be held back: | 11 | |
| 4859098825 | Asyndeton | Consists of omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses. This can give the effect of unpremeditated multiplicity, of an extemporaneous rather than a labored account. Ex. On his return he received medals, honors, treasures, titles, fame. They spent the day wondering, searching, thinking, understanding. | 12 | |
| 4859107395 | 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. | 13 | |
| 4859114870 | Chiasmus | (From the Greek word for "criss-cross," a designation baed on the Greek letter "chi," written X) - a figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words. Ex."The land was ours before we were the land's" - Robert Frost "Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure" - Lord Byron | 14 | |
| 4859127314 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 15 | |
| 4859140048 | Colloquial/colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. | 16 | |
| 4859144239 | Coherence | A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible. | 17 | |
| 4859152427 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 18 |
