7364419476 | Allegory | a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning | 0 | |
7364419477 | Alliteration | Repetition of consonant sounds | 1 | |
7364423014 | Allusion | A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | 2 | |
7364423196 | Amplification | The art of developing ideas by restating them in a speech | 3 | |
7364426366 | Anagram | a word or phrase formed from another word or phrase by changing the order of the letters | 4 | |
7364426367 | Analogy | A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way | 5 | |
7364428612 | Anastrophe | the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses | 6 | |
7364428613 | Anecdote | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person | 7 | |
7364433569 | Anthropomorphism | attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (Personification) | 8 | |
7364433570 | Antithesis | opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a parallel construction | 9 | |
7364436209 | Aphorism | A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. | 10 | |
7364436210 | Archetype | a very typical example of a certain person or thing | 11 | |
7364439551 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 12 | |
7364439552 | Asyndeton | omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words | 13 | |
7364442892 | Authorial Intrusion | when the author steps away from the text to give a message to the reader | 14 |
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