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7224309092AllegoryThe device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. The meaning usually deals with moral truth or a generalization about human existence0
7224316705AlliterationThe repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants in two or more neighboring words. It can reinforce meaning, unify ideas, etc.1
7224331999AllusionA direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art. This term can be historically, literary, religious, topical, or mythical2
7224347992AmbiguityThe multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage3
7224357433AnalogyA similarity or comparison between two different things in the relationship between them. It can explain something unfamiliar by associating it with or pointing out its similarity to something more familiar. This term can make writing more vivid, imaginative, or intellectually engaging4
7224381709AnaphoraOne of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression(word or words) is repeated at the beginning of tow or more lines, clauses, or sentences.5
7224392171AnecdoteA short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event. The term most frequently refers to an incident in the life of a person. The word, phrase,or clause referred to by a pronoun. The AP Lang exam occasionally asks for the antecedent of a given pronoun in a long , complex sentence or in a group of sentences.6

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