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| 4925834966 | Absolutes | A choice in which something must be one way or the other - there is no middle ground | 0 | |
| 4925865744 | Abstract | Not applied to actual objects. | 1 | |
| 4925865745 | Acquired | Developed or learned, not naturally occurring | 2 | |
| 4925868357 | Active Voice | the opposite of passive voice; essentially any sentence with an active verb | 3 | |
| 4925887598 | Ad Hominem | An attack on the person rather than the issues at hand (a common fallacy) | 4 | |
| 4925887599 | Aesthetic | Having to do with the appreciation of beauty | 5 | |
| 4925889072 | Affable | Easy-going; friendly | 6 | |
| 4925889074 | Alienated | removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland) | 7 | |
| 4925889073 | Alleviate | To ease a pain or burden | 8 | |
| 4925890825 | Alliance | A union of two or more groups | 9 | |
| 4925890826 | Alliteration | The repetition of a phonetic sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence. | 10 | |
| 4925890850 | Allusion | A reference that recalls another work, another time in history, another famous person, and so forth | 11 | |
| 4925892994 | Ambiguity | The presence of two or more possible meanings in any passage, not clear. | 12 | |
| 4925892995 | Ambiguous | Open to more than one interpretation. | 13 | |
| 4925931238 | Ambivalent | Simultaneously having opposing feeling; uncertain | 14 | |
| 4925931239 | Amenable | Responsible; agreeable | 15 | |
| 4925931240 | Ample | Describing a large amount of something | 16 | |
| 4925934049 | Anachronism | something out of the place in time or sequence | 17 | |
| 4925934050 | Anadiplosis | A wonderful technique of repetition in which the last word of clause begins the next clause, creating a connection of ideas important to the authorś purpose in some way Example: When I give, I give myself | 18 | |
| 4925934051 | Analogy | a term that signifies a relational comparison of or similarity between two objects or ideas | 19 | |
| 4925936038 | Anaphora | the deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive poetic lines, prose sentences, clauses, or paragraphs Example: "My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration." | 20 | |
| 4925936039 | Anastrophe | the reversal of the natural order of words in a sentence or line of poetry | 21 | |
| 4925936126 | Anthology | a collection of Literary Pieces | 22 | |
| 4925938587 | Anthropomorphism | the attribution of humanlike characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or forces of nature | 23 | |
| 4925941950 | Antithesis | an observation or claim that is in opposition to your claim or an author's claim | 24 | |
| 4925943841 | Apathetic | feeling or showing little emotion | 25 | |
| 4925943842 | Aphorism | a brief statement of an opinion or elemental truth | 26 | |
| 4925943843 | Apology | defense of an idea | 27 | |
| 4925946158 | Apostrophe | prayer-like, this is a direct address to someone who is not present, to a deity or muse, or to some other power | 28 | |
| 4925946159 | Apparatus | equipment, a group of machines | 29 | |
| 4925946160 | Apposition | A grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation | 30 | |
| 4925948697 | Appositive | also called a noun phase, this modifies the noun next to it | 31 | |
| 4925948698 | Apprehension | anxiety or fear about the future | 32 | |
| 4925948699 | Arbiter | a judge who decides a disputed issue | 33 | |
| 4925950344 | Arbitrary | determined by chance or impulse | 34 | |
| 4925950345 | Archaic | Characteristic of an earlier period, ancient, primitive | 35 | |
| 4925951871 | Archetype | a perfect example; an original pattern or model | 36 | |
| 4925958322 | Argumentation | the process of forming reasons, justifying beliefs, and drawing conclusions with the aim of influencing the thoughts and/or actions of others | 37 | |
| 4925962183 | Argument from Ignorance | an argument stating that something is true because it has never been proven false. | 38 | |
| 4925962184 | Arid | describing a dry, rainless climate | 39 | |
| 4925962185 | Assertion | a declaration or statement | 40 | |
| 4925964551 | Assiduous | hard-working | 41 | |
| 4925964552 | Assimiliation | to absorb; to make similar | 42 | |
| 4925966383 | Astute | shrewd; clever | 43 | |
| 4925966384 | Asylum | a place of retreat or security | 44 | |
| 4925968283 | Asyndeton | the deliberate omission of conjunctions from a series of related independent clauses Example: FANBOYS | 45 | |
| 4925968284 | Auspicious | favorable; promising | 46 | |
| 4925971607 | Austere | Without decoration; strict. | 47 |
