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8671994899AllegoryA story,fictional or onfictional, in which characters, things, and events represent qualities or concepts; they reveal an abstract truth.0
8672006606Alliterationrepetition of initial consonant sounds.1
8672007842AllusionAn instance of indirect reference.2
8672014801AmbiguityThe state of having multiple meanings; intentional or unintentional equivocation.3
8672022286AnaphoraA repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses: "I came, I saw, I conquered."4
8672026587AnecdoteA brief recounting of a relevant episode; usually inject humor or develop a point5
8672033778Antithesis6

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