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| 9160404029 | Alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. "Sally sells seashells by the seashore." | 0 | |
| 9160420935 | Allusion | A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object in order to make a comparison in the readers' minds. "Your backyard is a Garden of Eden." | 1 | |
| 9160466179 | Anadiplosis | The literary term for a rhetorical device in which a writer or speaker uses a word near the end of the clause and then repeats that word to begin the next clause. "Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task." | 2 | |
| 9160480028 | Analogy | Literary device that creates a relationship based on parallels or connections between two ideas. A sword is to a warrior as a pen is to a writer. | 3 | |
| 9160573117 | Anaphora | The repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of writing or speech. "I have a dream..." | 4 | |
| 9160587961 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. If a group of friends are talking about pets, and one of them tells a story about her dog howled in his sleep and woke everyone up. | 5 | |
| 9160617374 | Anthropomorphism | The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. The characters in the beast's castle in "Beauty and the Beast." | 6 | |
| 9160626655 | Anticlimax | A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events. If a lead character were to die at the end of a movie. | 7 | |
| 9160660847 | Antimetabole | Literary and rhetorical device in which a phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order. "Think and wonder. Wonder and think." | 8 | |
| 9160679537 | Antithesis | An opposition or contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced phrases or clauses. "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." | 9 | |
| 9160711408 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes an observation about life. "There's no time like the present." | 10 | |
| 9160717823 | Apostrophe | A technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, idea, or person who is either dead or absent. "Oh, Death, be not proud!" | 11 | |
| 9160772730 | Appositive | When a noun or word is followed by another noun or phrase that renames or identifies it. My good friend, Sarah, loves to bake. | 12 | |
| 9161184577 | Assonance | The repetition of a vowel sound or diphthong in non-rhyming words. "The morning was cold with a bold statement." | 13 | |
| 9161204832 | Asyndeton | The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. "I came, I saw, I conquered." | 14 | |
| 9161248685 | Chiasmus | Arrangement of repeated thoughts in the patters of xyyx. It is often short and summarizes a main idea. "I meant what I said and said what I meant." | 15 | |
| 9161301181 | Climax | Where the conflict/problem is solved. Sometimes found at the end of a story. When Cinderella puts her foot in the glass slipper and it fits perfectly. | 16 | |
| 9161324480 | Consonance | Repetition of identical consonant sounds within two or more words in close proximity, as in boost/best; it can also be seen within several compound words, such as fulfill and ping-pong. | 17 | |
| 9161434635 | Ellipsis | The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues. "Bella ate apples, Lauren ate peaches." | 18 | |
| 9161453024 | Epistrophe | The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences. "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." | 19 | |
| 9161470476 | Euphemism | An indirect, less offensive way of saying something that is considered unpleasant. Saying "passed away" instead of "died." | 20 | |
| 9161484897 | Extended metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem. "All the world's a stage and all men and women merely players."-Shakespeare | 21 | |
| 9161533665 | Hyperbole | The use of over-exaggeration for the purpose of creating emphasis or being humorous, but it is not intended to be taken literally. "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." | 22 | |
| 9161547382 | Imagery | Term used for language and description that appeals to our five senses. The golden rays of the setting sun reflected upon the clear waters of the lake. | 23 | |
| 9161559861 | Irony | The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. If a fire hydrant were to catch on fire. | 24 |
