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| 4857911790 | Abstract | unable to be touched; not concrete | 0 | |
| 4857945599 | Abstraction | a concept or value that cannot be seen (love, honor, courage, etc.) which the writer usually tries to illustrate by comparing it metaphorically to a known, concrete object. | 1 | |
| 4858008348 | Ad hominem | Latin for "to the man"-- attacking the arguer and not the person; also known as mud slinging | 2 | |
| 4858019357 | Allegory | work that provides a literary parallel (Animal Farm) | 3 | |
| 4858023825 | Alliteration | sound device; repetition of initial consonant sounds | 4 | |
| 4858027755 | Allusion | figure of speech which makes brief reference to an historical or literary figure, event, or object; a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work | 5 | |
| 4858037764 | Ambiguity | the expression of an idea in language which gives more than one meaning and leaves uncertainty as to the meaning | 6 | |
| 4858043666 | Anachronism | something out of its place in time or history (Caesar riding a motorcycle) | 7 | |
| 4858047226 | Anadiplosis | to double back; repeats words or phrases that appears at the end of a sentence or clause at the beginning of the next one. "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering" Yoda | 8 | |
| 4858063557 | Analogy | the comparison of two things, which are alike in several respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea or object by showing how the idea or object is similar to some familiar one. (explains a thought process or a line of reasoning, may be more extended) | 9 | |
| 4858077682 | Anapest | meter having two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable-- cig-a-RETTE | 10 | |
| 4858090057 | Anaphora | the repetition of a word or expression AT THE BEGINNING of successive phrases for rhetorical or poetic effect | 11 | |
| 4858101118 | Antagonist | the character in a narrative or play who is in conflict with the main character; may not even be a person-- or may be the same person as the main character | 12 | |
| 4858124110 | Anticlimax | the intentional use of elevated language to describe the trivial or commonplace, or a sudden transition from a significant thought to a trivial one in order to achieve a humorous or satiric effect; also occurs in a series in which the ideas ascend toward a climactic conclusion but terminate instead in a thought of lesser importance | 13 | |
| 4858143550 | Anti-hero | a protagonist who is the antithesis of the hero--graceless, inept, stupid, sometimes dishonest | 14 | |
| 4858152064 | Antistrophe | part of ode sung by chorus in Greek tragedy in returning movement from West to East | 15 | |
| 4858161817 | Antithesis | figure of speech in which a thought is balanced with a contrasting thought in parallel arrangements of words and phrases; "He promised wealth and provided poverty..." or "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." | 16 | |
| 4858205865 | Aphorism | brief statement which expresses an observation on life, usually intended as a wise observation "Drive thy business; let it not drive thee" | 17 | |
| 4858216940 | Apollonian | refers to the noble qualities of human beings and nature as opposed to the savage and destructive forces (calm, formal) | 18 | |
| 4858222584 | Apostrophe | addressing someone or something, usually not present, as though present, often death or a god or a ghost | 19 |
