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| 6222292497 | allegory | a narrative either in verse or prose, in which characters, actions, and sometimes setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of the story | 0 | |
| 6222301823 | alliteration | the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | 1 | |
| 6222304096 | allusion | a brief reference to a person, event, or place in history, or to a work of art/literature. | 2 | |
| 6222308434 | analogy | a comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unalike in most respects | 3 | |
| 6222314745 | anaphora | figure of repetition that occurs when the first words or set of words in one sentence, clause, or phrase is/are repeated at or very near the beginning of successive sentences, clauses, or phrases | 4 | |
| 6222331180 | antagonist | a character in a story of play who opposes the chief character or protagonist | 5 | |
| 6222338811 | apostrophe | a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality, object, or idea | 6 | |
| 6222348743 | archetype | a character, an action, or situation that seems to represent common patterns of human life. Often include a symbol, a theme, a setting, or a character that have a common meaning in an entire culture, or even the entire human race. | 7 | |
| 6222359163 | aside | in drama, a few words or a short passage spoken by one character to the audience while the other actors on stage pretend their characters cannot hear the speaker's words | 8 | |
| 6222366213 | assonance | the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by consonant sounds in stressed syllables or words | 9 | |
| 6222370063 | asyndeton | the omission of conjunctions from constructions in which they would normally be used | 10 | |
| 6222374690 | atmosphere | the mood/feeling of the literary work created for the reader by the writer | 11 | |
| 6222379750 | ballad | a narrative poem that usually includes a repeated refrain | 12 | |
| 6222382021 | blank verse | unrhymed iambic pentameter, a line of 5 feet | 13 | |
| 6222388147 | cacophony | the use of words in poetry that combine sharp, harsh, hissing, or unmelodious sounds | 14 |
