10493388639 | Allegory (a type of didactic literature) | Story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people or event or for abstract idea or qualities | 0 | |
10493392037 | Alliteration | Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together | 1 | |
10493395522 | Allusion | Reference to someone or something that I know from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch | 2 | |
10502081500 | Ambiguity | Deliberately suggestion two or more different, and sometimes conflicting, meaning in a work. An event or situation that may be interested in more than one way-this is done on purpose by the author, when it is not done on purpose, it us vagueness, and detracts from the work. | 3 | |
10502102308 | Analogy | Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike. | 4 | |
10502106862 | Anaphora | Repetition of a word, phrase, or casual 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. | 5 | |
10506202060 | Anastrophe | Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rhymes or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion. | 6 | |
10506218094 | Anecdote | Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual. | 7 | |
10506570203 | Antagonist | Opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero, or protagonist is a story. | 8 | |
10506570204 | Antimetabole | Repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order. | 9 | |
10507014781 | Antithesis | Balancing words, phrases, or ideas that are strongly contrasted, often by means of grammatical structure. | 10 |
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