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| 5965815039 | Abstract | Complex, discusses intangible qualities like good and evil, seldom uses examples to support its points. | 0 | |
| 5965819256 | Academic | Dry and rhetorical writing; sucking all the life out of its subject with analysis. | 1 | |
| 5965820638 | Accent | In poetry, the stressed portion of a word. | 2 | |
| 5965821548 | Aesthetic | Appealing to the senses; a coherent sense of taste. | 3 | |
| 5965822353 | Allegory | A story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself. | 4 | |
| 5965823021 | Alliteration | The repetition of initial consonant sounds. | 5 | |
| 5965824019 | Allusion | A reference to another work or famous figure. | 6 | |
| 5965824729 | Anachronism | "Misplaced in time." An aspect of a story that doesn't belong in its supposed time setting. | 7 | |
| 5965825416 | Analogy | A comparison, usually involving two or more symbolic parts, employed to clarify an action or a relationship. | 8 | |
| 5965826069 | Anecdote | A Short Narrative | 9 | |
| 5965826910 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to. | 10 | |
| 5965832875 | Anthropomorphism | When inanimate objects are given human characteristics. Often confused with personification. | 11 | |
| 5965835207 | Anticlimax | Occurs when an action produces far smaller results than one had been led to expect. | 12 | |
| 5965835908 | Antihero | A protagonist who is markedly unheroic: morally weak, cowardly, dishonest, or any number of other unsavory qualities. | 13 | |
| 5965836612 | Aphorism | A short and usually witty saying. | 14 | |
| 5965837862 | Apostrophe | A figure of speech wherein the speaker talks directly to something that is nonhuman. | 15 | |
| 5965838559 | Archaism | The use of deliberately old-fashioned language. | 16 | |
| 5965839031 | Aside | A speech (usually just a short comment) made by an actor to the audience, as though momentarily stepping outside of the action on stage. | 17 | |
| 5965839913 | Aspect | A trait or characteristic | 18 | |
| 5965840859 | Assonance | The repeated use of vowel sounds: "Old king Cole was a merry old soul." | 19 | |
| 5965842538 | Atmosphere | The emotional tone or background that surrounds a scene | 20 |
