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4334061584Allegorystory or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualitites0
4334075937Alliterationrepetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together1
4334097026Allusionreference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something2
4334162454Ambiguitydeliberately suggesting two or more, sometimes conflicting, meanings is a work3
4334175728Analogycomparison made between two things to show how they are alike4
4334189276Anaphorarepetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.5
4334198363Anastropheinversion of the usual, logical, or normal order of the parts of a sentence6
4334217540Anecdotebrief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something7
4334230169Antagonistopponent who struggles against or blocks the hero8
4334237583Antimetabolerepetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical9
4334253302Antithesisbalancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure10
4334274185Antiherocentral character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heros11
4334290646Anthropomorphismattributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object12
4334297945Aphorismbrief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle, or an accepted truth13
4334380927Apostrophecalling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place or thing or a personified abstract idea14
4334447850Appositionplacing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation,15

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