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| 7519229926 | Allegory | the device of using character and/or story elements to symbolically represent an abstraction in addition to literal meaning | 0 | |
| 7519245001 | Alliteration | Repetition of initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words | 1 | |
| 7519249287 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something which is commonly known (ex: book, myth, place, artwork) | 2 | |
| 7519261903 | Ambiguity | Multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage | 3 | |
| 7519272084 | Analogy | Comparison between two different things or the relationship between them to show their similarity | 4 | |
| 7519291293 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences (ex: I came, I saw, I conquered) | 5 | |
| 7519299815 | Anecdote | A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event; an incident in the life of a person | 6 | |
| 7519377073 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun (The boy had lost his shoe - "boy" is the antecedent and "his" is the pronoun) | 7 | |
| 7519405211 | Antithesis | Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel grammatical structure | 8 | |
| 7519425563 | Aphorism | A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or moral principle (ex: Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead) | 9 | |
| 7519445091 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love; an address to someone or something that cannot answer | 10 | |
| 7519489796 | Asyndeton | Omitting conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses (ex: leaving out "and" in a long list of things) | 11 | |
| 7519506350 | Atmosphere | The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and by the author's choice of objects that are described | 12 | |
| 7525903477 | Chiasmus | Two successive phrases or clauses that are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of the analogous words (Greek for "criss-cross".) (Ex: Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country) | 13 | |
| 7525994906 | Clause | A grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb. An independent clause stands alone. A dependent or subordinate clause cannot stand alone. | 14 | |
| 7526067127 | Colloquialism | The use of slang or informalities in speech or writing | 15 | |
| 7526079297 | Conceit | A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects. | 16 | |
| 7526273292 | Connotation | The nonliteral, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning. | 17 |
