4383692859 | Accumulation | it 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 | |
4383714516 | Ad Hominem | it is a literary term that involves commenting on or against an opponent to undermine him instead of his arguments. | 1 | |
4383729938 | Adage | pointed and memorable saying based on facts, and is considered a veritable truth by the majority of people. | 2 | |
4383737018 | Adynaton | a rhetorical device that is a form of hyperbole in which exaggeration is taken to a great extreme where it seems impossible. | 3 | |
4383786270 | Allegory | a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events. | 4 | |
4383788853 | Alliteration | a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series. | 5 | |
4383792002 | Allusion | a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. | 6 | |
4383798369 | Ambiguity | a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning. | 7 | |
4383803440 | Amplification | a rhetorical device writers use to embellish a sentence or statement by adding further information. | 8 | |
4383809045 | Anachronism | is 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 | |
4383812163 | Anacoluthon | a 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 | |
4383817885 | Anadiplosis | refers 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 | |
4383698116 | Anti-climax | A 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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