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| 5004324157 | Allegory | Any form of art or literature with hidden meaning(s), typically regarding subjects like morality or politics. Examples: 'Animal Farm' (George Orwell), 'American Pie' (Don McLean) and 'The Matrix' (Wachowski brothers). | 0 | |
| 5004326334 | Alliteration | A series of consecutive or closely strung words beginning with the same sound. (But not necessarily the same letter!) Example: Cool kids create crazy, captivating cat videos. | 1 | |
| 5004326335 | Allusion | An expression that references or reminds the audience of something, without directly stating it. Allusion to biblical stories can be seen throughout western culture. | 2 | |
| 5004337053 | Ambiguity | Not clear/certain/definite; could mean different things. Example: "Each of us saw her duck" could mean each person saw a lady duck and cover, or it could mean they saw a duck which belongs to a lady. | 3 | |
| 5004339416 | Analogy | A comparison of two similar things. Metaphors, similes and allegory are forms on analogy. Example: "Life is like a box of chocolates.", "The sun set, and the curtain of night was upon us", "Their ideas were bullets, social media the firing squad.", "Come November, the four letters of WASC will be the four noble truths or four biblical horsemen." | 4 | |
| 5004341040 | Antecedent | A noun that is referred to by a pronoun. Example: "Araceli missed her freeway exit, and it didn't maker her happy in the slightest." (In this example, 'Araceli' is the antecedent, as the pronoun 'her' is referencing Araceli without restating her name.) | 5 | |
| 5004342602 | Antithesis | The direct opposite/inverse of something; a contrast/opposition between two things. Example: "Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n." (John Milton in 'Paradise Lost'). The quote uses reign/Hell and contrasts them with serve/Heaven. | 6 | |
| 5004342603 | Aphorism | A truthful statement said in a wise/witty manner. Example: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." (Proverb), " Life's Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late." (Benjamin Franklin) | 7 | |
| 5004344850 | Apostrophe | A punctuation mark used in contractions. It takes the place of missing letters. Example: It is = it's, they are = they're, do not = don't. | 8 | |
| 5004346736 | Atmosphere | In science: The gas or gasses surrounded a planetary body. Example: To put climate change in perspective, we can simply look to Venus (an extremely heated planet). Earth's atmosphere is 0.04% carbon dioxide, whereas Venus' atmosphere is 96.5% carbon dioxide. I'd prefer not to melt, so go Green! In literature: The 'feeling' created by a combination of tone, mood, diction ect. Example: "There was a celebratory and carefree atmosphere at the festival", "The 405 has a tense atmosphere once the traffic builds up" | 9 |
