4844370498 | allegory | a narrative in which the characters, events, and setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance; often a universal symbol | 0 | |
4844370499 | ambiguity | the multiple meanings, intentional or unintentional of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 1 | |
4844370500 | anadiplosis | the repetition go the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause | 2 | |
4844370501 | anaphora | the regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses | 3 | |
4844370502 | anecdote | a short narrative detailing an event | 4 | |
4844370503 | antithesis | the juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balanced or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas | 5 | |
4844370504 | aphorism | a concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief | 6 | |
4844370505 | apostrophe | an address or invocation to something inanimate | 7 | |
4844370506 | assonance | the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds, usually in successive or proximate words | 8 | |
4844370507 | begging the question | an argumentative ploy where the arguer side steps the question or the conflict, evades or ignores the real question | 9 | |
4844370508 | chiasmus | a figure or speech and generally a structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second | 10 | |
4844370509 | coherence | a principale demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible | 11 | |
4844370510 | conceit | a comparison of two unlikely things that is draw out within a piece of literature, in particular an extended metaphor within a poem | 12 | |
4844370511 | consonance | the repetition of two or more consonants with a chance in intervening vowels | 13 | |
4844370512 | critique | an assessment or analysis or something such as a passage of writing for determining what it is, what its limitations are, and how is conforms to the standard of the genre | 14 | |
4851862734 | ambiguity | ex. the foreigners are hunting dogs | 15 | |
4851867151 | allegory | ex. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe | 16 | |
4851871638 | critique | ex. art review | 17 | |
4851875828 | chiasmus | ex. is it not earth that makes us believe in man, but man that makes us believe in earth | 18 | |
4851883691 | consonance | ex. that ship has sailed | 19 | |
4851886877 | assonance | ex. we lIght fIre on the mountian | 20 | |
4851895821 | aphorism | ex. actions speak louder than words | 21 | |
4851898297 | conceit | ex. dead as a doornail | 22 | |
4851905563 | begging the question | ex. 2= a number, 1= a number, so 2=1 | 23 | |
4851910569 | antithesis | ex. patience is bitter, but it has sweet fruit | 24 | |
4851913955 | anaphora | ex. "i had a dream" MLK | 25 | |
4851919010 | anecdote | ex. I hate anecdotes so much i punched a guy for telling one | 26 | |
4851925050 | anadiplosis | ex. when we win, we win big | 27 | |
4851930659 | apostrophe | ex. twinkle, twinkle, little star | 28 |
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