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| 4750872354 | Antithesis | Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure | 0 | |
| 4750872891 | Antihero | Central character who lacks all the qualities traditionally associated with heroes. may lack courage, grace, intelligence, or moral scruples | 1 | |
| 4750873499 | Anthropomorphism | attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (Personification) | 2 | |
| 4750875074 | Aphorism | brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life, or of a principle or accepted general truth. Also called maxim, epigram. | 3 | |
| 4750875841 | Apostrophe | calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea. If the character is asking a god or goddess for inspiration it is called an invocation. | 4 | |
| 4750876911 | Apposition | Placing in immediately succeeding order of two or more coordinate elements, the latter of which is an explanation, qualification, or modification of the first (often set off by a colon). | 5 | |
| 4750877311 | Assonance | the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together | 6 | |
| 4750878177 | Asyndeton | Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally | 7 | |
| 4750878841 | Balance | Constructing a sentence so that both halves are about the same length and importance. Sentences can be unbalanced to serve a special effect as well. | 8 | |
| 4750879351 | Characterization | the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. | 9 |
