8825293115 | Allegory | Narrative that is an extended metaphor | 0 | |
8825293116 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same initial sounds in words that are in a phrase | 1 | |
8825293117 | Allusion | Reference to something famous or well known | 2 | |
8825293118 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of each sentence | 3 | |
8825293119 | Anastrophe | Inversion of normal word order | 4 | |
8825293120 | Antihero | Protagonist who lacks heroic qualities | 5 | |
8825293121 | Apostrophe | When a speaker directly addresses an inanimate object, or someone who is absent | 6 | |
8825293122 | Archetype | A pattern or the original model that appears in literature | 7 | |
8825293123 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds usually inside the word | 8 | |
8825293124 | Asyndeton | Emission of conjunctions | 9 | |
8825293125 | atmosphere | The feeling created by the setting | 10 | |
8825293126 | Bildungroman | coming of age novel tracing the protagonist to maturity | 11 | |
8825293127 | Cliche | Overused expression | 12 | |
8825293128 | Colloquial | Language that applies to a region, slang used | 13 | |
8825293129 | comic relief | comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.; breaking tension with happiness | 14 |
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