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| 2915478172 | Abstraction | An abstraction uses a broad term that paints different pictures in each person's mind: "Shes beautiful," instead of telling us what the artists sees, leaving the appearance ambiguous. | 0 | |
| 2915492545 | Allegory | A story illustrating an ideal or a moral principle in which objects take on symbolic meanings. Example Wall-E - An allegory to save the Earth. | 1 | |
| 2915511382 | Alliteration | Used for poetic affect, a repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group. Example, Good as gold; the first and last word start with the same consonant. | 2 | |
| 2915535254 | Allusion | A reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work. "He was a real Romeo with the ladies." Romeo was a character in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, and was very romantic in expressing his love for Juliet. | 3 | |
| 2915548212 | Ambiguity | A statement which can contain two or more meanings. A good life depends on a liver - Liver may be an organ or simply a living person | 4 | |
| 2915570255 | Anachronism | Is derived from a Greek word anachronus which means "against time". Therefore is an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece. The 1998 movie Titanic employs anachronism when the central character, Jack, mentions his activity of ice-fishing on Wissota, a lake near Chippewa Falls, in Wisconsin, U.S.A. The lake is manmade and was created about 5 years after the Titanic tragedy took place. | 5 | |
| 2915591900 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification. I feel like a fish out of water. This implies that you are not comfortable in your surroundings. | 6 | |
| 2915611050 | Anaphora | A rhetorical device that consist on repeating a sequence of words at the beginning of neighboring clauses, thereby leading them emphasis. " I have a dream" speech | 7 | |
| 2915626267 | Anecdote | A very short tale told by a character in a literary work. High school students go around the classroom telling their favorite memories from elementary school. | 8 | |
| 2915636119 | Antagonist | A person of force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work. The manager in heart of darkness. | 9 |
