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4342628559AllegoryA story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or generalization about life, often have a strong moral or lesson.0
4342631170AlliterationRepetition of consonant sounds1
4342633972AllusionA brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.2
4342635890AnalogyA similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based3
4342640618AnaphoraA rhetorical figure of repetition in which the same word or phrase is repeated in (and usually at the beginning of) successive lines, clauses, or sentences.4
4342647827Epistrophethe repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences5
4342649634AntecedentThe word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.6
4342650941ApostropheA figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.7
4342652770AphorismA short, pithy statement of a generally accepted truth or sentiment .8
4342656080AssonanceRepetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity9
4342659408AsyndetonA construction in which elements are presented in a series without conjunctions. Ex: "Speed up the film Montag, quick. Click, pic, look, eye, now, flick, here, there..." (Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451)10

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