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| 4888185709 | language describing qualities that are rarefied and theoretical | abstract diction | 0 | |
| 4888185710 | a complete narrative that can also be applied to a parallel set of situations that may be political, moral, religious, or philosophical | allegory | 1 | |
| 4888185711 | the repetition of identical consonant sounds in close proximity | alliteration | 2 | |
| 4888187620 | unacknowledged references and quotations. Authors assume that readers will recognize the original sources and relate their meaning to the new concept | allusion | 3 | |
| 4888189248 | Aristotle's term describing the point in a play when a character experiences understanding | anagnorisis | 4 | |
| 4888189249 | the repetition of the same word or phrase throughout a work | anaphora | 5 | |
| 4888189250 | characters who set off or highlight the protagonist and who provide insight on the action | ancillary characters | 6 | |
| 4888190707 | the person, idea, force, or general set of circumstances opposing the protagonist | antagonist | 7 | |
| 4888190708 | a rhetorical device of opposition in which one idea or word is established, and then the opposite idea or word is expressed | antithesis | 8 | |
| 4888192931 | the addressing of a discourse to a real or imagined person who is not present; also a speech to an abstraction | apostrophe | 9 |
