4798659727 | allegory | story conveying a meaning other than the literal; abstract principles represented by characters or figures | 0 | |
4798661274 | alliteration | repetition of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
4798662449 | anagnorisis | discovery; hero suddenly becoming aware of a situation or true character | 2 | |
4798663035 | anaphora | repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of neighboring clauses for emphasis | 3 | |
4798664910 | antecedent | word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun replaces | 4 | |
4798668802 | apologue | short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable; short allegory | 5 | |
4798674986 | apostrophe | speaker addresses an inanimate object | 6 | |
4798675451 | assonance | 7 |
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