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| 10821899068 | active voice | expresses an action done by its subject Ex. Johnny Appleseed planted his seed in the garden. "Planted" is the active verb | 0 | |
| 10821899069 | ad hominem | a fallacy that attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute Ex. A lawyer attacking a defendant's character rather than addressing or questioning based on the case - in a case of theft pointing out the defendant's level of poverty. (YourDictionary.com) | 1 | |
| 10821899095 | allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. Ex. Lord of the Flies | 2 | |
| 10821903547 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds Ex. Simple Simon sat on the straw. | 3 | |
| 10821903548 | allusion | a reference to another work of literature, person, or event Ex. "When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn't necessary." Scrooge was an extremely stingy character from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. (YourDictionary.com) | 4 | |
| 10821903549 | ambiguity | the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage Ex. I have never tasted a cake quite like that one before! Was the cake good or bad? (SoftSchools.com) | 5 | |
| 10821907291 | anadiplosis | repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause Ex. "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." —Yoda, Star Wars (literarydevices.com) | 6 | |
| 10821907292 | analogy | a comparison of two different things that are similar in some way Ex. GREEN : COLOR :: ORCHID : FLOWER (literarydevices.com) | 7 | |
| 10821910342 | anaphora | the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses Ex. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair... (literarydevices.com) | 8 | |
| 10821910343 | anastrophe | the reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry Ex. Excited the children were when Santa entered the room. Patience I lack. (softschools.com) | 9 | |
| 10821914996 | anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person Ex. "I'll tell you a family secret," she whispered enthusiastically. "It's about the butler's nose. Do you want to hear about the butler's nose?" "That's why I came over to-night." "Well, he wasn't always a butler; he used to be the silver polisher for some people in New York that had a silver service for two hundred people. He had to polish it from morning till night, until finally it began to affect his nose ——" Things went from bad to worse," suggested Miss Baker. "Yes. Things went from bad to worse, until finally he had to give up his position." (The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald) (literarydevices.com) | 10 | |
| 10821914997 | antecedent | the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun. Ex. David plays football in the courtyard. All the children have gathered there. My uncle likes candies. He asks everyone to give him candies as gifts. (literarydevices.net) | 11 | |
| 10821918205 | antistrophe | repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses Ex. Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends. -The Breakfast Club (literarydevices.com) | 12 | |
| 10821925805 | antithesis | figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure Ex. "Decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent." -Winston Churchill (literarydevices.com) | 13 |
