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| 3591970240 | Allegory | The device of using character or story elements to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning. | 0 | |
| 3591970241 | Alliteration | The repetition of sounds | 1 | |
| 3591970242 | Allusion | A direct or indirect reference to something. | 2 | |
| 3591970243 | Ambiguity | The multiple meanings | 3 | |
| 3591970244 | Anadiplosis | The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause. | 4 | |
| 3591970245 | Analogy | A similarity between 2 different things. | 5 | |
| 3591970246 | Anaphora | One of the devices of repetition. | 6 | |
| 3591970247 | Anecdote | A short narrative of an interesting episode/event. | 7 | |
| 3591970248 | Antecedent | A word referred to by a pronoun. | 8 | |
| 3591970249 | Aphorism | A terse statement that expresses a general truth or a moral principle. | 9 | |
| 3591970250 | Apostrophe | Addresses an absent or imaginary person. | 10 | |
| 3591970251 | Atmosphere | The mood created by the entirety of a literary work. | 11 | |
| 3591970252 | Clause | Contains both a subject and a verb. | 12 | |
| 3591970253 | Colloquial | The use of slang in a speech or writing. | 13 | |
| 3591970254 | Coherence | A principal that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be clear. | 14 | |
| 3591970255 | Conceit | A fanciful expression | 15 | |
| 3591970256 | Connotation | The nonliteral meaning of a word | 16 |