Literary Terms
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| 7233131411 | academic | Dry and theoretical writing, when a piece of writing seems to be all the life out of its subject with analysis | 0 | |
| 7233131412 | Accent | Refers to a stressed portion of a word | 1 | |
| 7233170878 | Aesthetic | appealing to the senses and the study of beauty | 2 | |
| 7233170879 | Allegory | A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning | 3 | |
| 7233170880 | Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds | 4 | |
| 7233170881 | Allusion | an indirect reference to an event, person, place, or artistic work that the writer assumes the reader knows about; used effectively, the allusion economically links the text to the larger meaning of the other text | 5 | |
| 7233170882 | Ambiguity | Often a writer will deliberately write in such a way that is ambiguous or unclear, in order to make a point about the state of confusion or uncertainty that exists in the story | 6 | |
| 7233170883 | Anachronism | Greek, misplaced in time | 7 | |
| 7233170884 | Analogy | illustration of an idea by means of a more familiar idea that is similar or parallel, this usually involves an extended simile | 8 | |
| 7233170885 | Anaphora | the repetition of an exact word or phrase at the beginning of a poetic line. It draws strong attention to the point the poet is trying to make | 9 | |
| 7233170886 | Anecdote | A short tale told by someone in conversation to make a particular point | 10 | |
| 7233170887 | Antagonist | The most prominent of the story's characters who oppose the hero aka the bad guy | 11 | |
| 7233170888 | anthropomorphism | Inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena are given human shape, characteristics, behavior, or motivation aka personification | 12 | |
| 7233170889 | Antihero | A protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of unsavory qualities | 13 | |
| 7233170890 | Aphorism | Aka epigram, brief, witty phrase or proverb, often funny, but typically something that provokes great thought | 14 |
