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| 10434101144 | Abstract | Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence | 0 | |
| 10434101145 | Accismus | A person feigns a lack of interest in something that he or she actually desires | 1 | |
| 10434101146 | Active voice | When the subject is doing the acting as in the sentence | 2 | |
| 10434101147 | Ad hominem | Directed against a person rather than the position they're maintaining | 3 | |
| 10434101148 | Adage | A proverb or short statement expressing a general truth | 4 | |
| 10434101149 | Adianoeta | A kind of irony, since it uses terms that imply a different meaning than they denote | 5 | |
| 10434101150 | Allergory | A story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning | 6 | |
| 10434101151 | Alliteration | Closely connected words | 7 | |
| 10434101152 | Allusion | An indirect or passing reference | 8 | |
| 10434101153 | Ambiguity | The quality of being open to more than one interpretation | 9 | |
| 10434101154 | Anadiplosis | A writer or speaker uses a word near the end of the clause and then repeats that word to begin the next clause. | 10 | |
| 10434101155 | Analogy | A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification. | 11 | |
| 10434101156 | Anaphora | The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they. | 12 | |
| 10434101157 | Anecdote | A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. | 13 | |
| 10434101158 | Annotation | A note of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram. | 14 | |
| 10434101159 | Antecedent | A thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another. | 15 | |
| 10434101160 | Anthropomorphism | The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. | 16 | |
| 10434101161 | Antimetabole | A phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order. | 17 | |
| 10434101162 | Antithesis | A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. | 18 | |
| 10434101163 | Aphorism | A pithy observation that contains a general truth | 19 |
