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9228247111AllegoryA story in which each aspect of the story has a symbolic meaning outside the tale itself; characters have meanings outside themselves;0
9228247112AnecdoteA brief story told in order to make a larger point; the event/incident itself helps speaker promote a related idea1
9228247113AphorismA concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief.2
9228247114AllusionA direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.3
9228247116AlliterationRepetition of initial consonant sounds4
9228247117AnaphoraRepetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences5
9228247118AntithesisThe direct opposite, a sharp contrast (ex: Whereas he was fractious, I was calm).6
9228247119ApostropheA figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and could reply (ex: Oh, love, where have you gone?)7
9228247121Appeal to pathosWhen a writer appeals to readers' emotions to excite and involve them in an argument.8
9228247122Appeal to logosUsing logic or facts to appeal to audience9
9228247123Appeal to ethosAll about the speaker. Appeal to Credibility.10
9228247124AnachronismSomething that is not in its correct historical time; a mistake in chronology, such as by assigning a person or event to the wrong time period11
9228247125AnalogyA comparison of two different things that are similar in some way12
9228247127assonanceRepetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity13
9228247129appositiveA noun phrase that modifies the noun set next to it., A noun or noun substitute that is placed directly next to the noun it is describing (ex: My student, Sidney, makes me want to adopt a child).14

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