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14727545935AllegoryA narrative in which the characters, behavior, and setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. A universal symbol or a personified abstraction.0
14727560757AlliterationThe repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to consonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables.1
14727582232AllusionA literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference in a literary work.2
14727591470Anaphorathe repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses3
14727596878AntithesisThe juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas.4
14727613409AphorismA concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief5
14727624037Appeals to: authority, emotion, logicRhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field, or attempts to play upon the emotions, or appeals to the use of reason6
14727626235ApostropheAn address or invocation to something inanimate7
14727630406AssonanceRepetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words.8
14727648468AsyndetonA syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose9
14727653238Attitudethe sense expressed by the tone of voice and/or the mood of a piece of writing; the authors feelings toward his or her subject, characters, events, or theme. It might even be his or her feelings for the reader.10
14727669570Begging the questionAn argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or the conflict, evades or ignores the real question11
14727675245CanonThat which has been accepted as authentic12
14727680840ChiasmusA figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second13
14727687830ColloquialA term identifying the diction of the common, ordinary folks, especially in a specific region or area.14

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