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8575460828Allegorystory or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities.0
8575468934Alliterationrepetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.1
8575476217Anaphorarepetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer's point more coherent.2
8575488912AnastropheInversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion.3
8575505337AntimetaboleRepetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order.4
8575510987AntithesisBalancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure.5
8575516333ANTHROPOMORPHISMattributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (Personification)6
8575527482APOSTROPHEcalling 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.7
8575534284ASSONANCEthe repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together.8
8575544363ASYNDETONCommas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, thus emphasizing the parts equally9
8575584701CHIASMUSIn poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed10
8575590797COLLOQUIALISMa word or phrase in everyday use in conversation and informal writing but is inappropriate for formal situations.11
8575617071CONCEITan elaborate metaphor that compares two things that are startlingly different. Often an extended metaphor.12
8575636925DIDACTICform of fiction or nonfiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.13
8575682091EPANALEPSISdevice of repetition in which the same expression (single word or phrase) is repeated both at the beginning and at the end of the line, clause, or sentence.14

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