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| 4762351297 | Allegory | The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. In some _________, for example, an author may intend the characters to personify an abstraction like hope or freedom. | 0 | |
| 4762351298 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds, in two or more neighboring words | 1 | |
| 4762351299 | Allusion | A direct, or indirect, reference to something which is presumably commonly known, as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. | 2 | |
| 4762351624 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage. | 3 | |
| 4762351625 | Analogy | A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them...can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. | 4 | |
| 4762351626 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. | 5 | |
| 4762352349 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle...sometimes like a proverb, sometimes a memorable summation of the author's point. | 6 | |
| 4762352350 | 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. | 7 | |
| 4762352351 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. | 8 | |
| 4762352761 | Colloquial | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing. Not generally acceptable for formal writing...writing that sounds like talk. | 9 | |
| 4762352762 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects...displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made. | 10 | |
| 4762353176 | Connotation | The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 11 |
