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7265550329AllegoryA device using characters and story elements to represent an abstraction as well as a literally meaning0
7265550330Alliterationthe repetition of initial consonant sounds1
7265550331Allusionan indirect reference to something2
7265550332Ambiguitythe multiple meanings of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage3
7265550333AnaphoraThe same expression is repressed at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences4
7265550334AnecdoteA short narrative of an interesting episode or event5
7265550335AntithesisA contrast of ideas in adjacent phrases6
7265550336AphorismA statement which expresses a general truth7
7265550337ApostropheAddressing to someone or something that cannot answer8
7265550338AsyndetonOmission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses9
7265550339AtmosphereThe mood created by the literary work10
7265550340ChiasmusA reversal in the order of words in two parallel phrases11
7265550341ClauseA grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb.12
7265550342Colloquial/ColloquialismThe use of slang or informalities in speech or writing.13
7265550343Coherencethe quality of being logical, orderly, and clearly connected14
7265550344ConceitA fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor15
7265550345ConnotationThe implied or suggested meaning of the word16
7265638393AnalogyThe similarity or comparison between two different things17
7265668844AntecedentThe word referred to by a pronoun18

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