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14698736921Ad Hominem Argumentan argument that appeals to emotion rather than reason0
14698736922Allegoryusing character/story elements to represent an abstraction/real meaning1
14698736923AlliterationThe repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds2
14698736924AllusionA direct or indirect reference to something that is commonly known3
14698736925AmbiguityThe multiple meaning, either intentional or unintentional, of a word4
14698736926AnalogyA similarity or comparison between two different things5
14698736927AntecedentThe word or clause referred to by a pronoun6
14698736928AntithesisA figure of speech involving a seeming contradiction of ideas7
14698736929AphorismA terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth8
14698736930ApostropheA figure of speech that directly adresses an absent person or abstraction9
14698736931AtmosphereThe emotional mood created by a literary work, established by the setting and objects10
14698736932CaricatureA representation of the subjects distinctive features that are exaggerated to produce a certain effect11

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