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4383692859Accumulationit is a stylistic device that is defined as a list of words which embody similar abstract or physical qualities or meanings with the intention to emphasize the common qualities that words hold.0
4383714516Ad Hominemit is a literary term that involves commenting on or against an opponent to undermine him instead of his arguments.1
4383729938Adagepointed and memorable saying based on facts, and is considered a veritable truth by the majority of people.2
4383737018Adynatona rhetorical device that is a form of hyperbole in which exaggeration is taken to a great extreme where it seems impossible.3
4383786270Allegorya figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events.4
4383788853Alliterationa stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.5
4383792002Allusiona brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.6
4383798369Ambiguitya word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning.7
4383803440Amplificationa rhetorical device writers use to embellish a sentence or statement by adding further information.8
4383809045Anachronismis an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece. In other words, anything that is out of time and out of place is an anachronism.9
4383812163Anacoluthona stylistic device and is defined as a syntactic deviation and interruption within a sentence from one structure to another. In this interruption, the expected sequence of grammar is absent. The grammatical flow of sentences is interrupted in order to begin more sentences.10
4383817885Anadiplosisrefers to the repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause.11
4383698116Anti-climaxA rhetorical device which can be defined as a disappointing situation or a sudden transition in discourse from an important idea to a ludicrous or trivial one.12

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