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5375901662Active VoiceAny sentence with an active verb; opposite of passive voice0
5375906445Ad HominemAttack on a person rather than the issues at hand1
5375910407Aliiterationrepetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence2
5375916999Allusionreference that recalls another work, time in history, famous person, etc3
5375929363AnadipolisThe last word in a clause begins the next clause, creating a connection of ideas important to the author's purpose in some way4
5375939645AnalogyRational comparison or similarity between two objects or ideas.5
5375946607Anaphoradeliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines, prose sentences, clauses, or paragraphs.6
5375961852AnastropheThe reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry7
5375970376Antithesisan observation or claim that is in opposition to an author's claim8
5375975131Aphorisma brief statement of an opinion or elemental trruth9
5375980877ApostrophePrayer-like; a direct address to someone who is not present (nearly always pathos)10
5375987212AppositiveAlso called noun phrase, modifies the noun next to it11
5375994286Argument from IgnoranceAn argument stating that something is true because it has never been proven false12

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