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5931389029	alliteration	Used for poetic effect, a repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group.	0
5931390025	allegory	Where every aspect of a story is representative, usually symbolic, of something else, usually a larger abstract concept or important historical/geopolitical event.	1
5931390693	allusion	A reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work	2
5931391400	ambiguity	A statement which can contain two or more meanings	3
5931392045	analogy	A comparison of two different things that are alike in some way	4
5931393406	anteceden	a word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier, in the same or in another, usually subsequent, sentence.	5
5931393917	Anthropomorphism	Where animals or inanimate objects are portrayed in a story as people, such as by walking, talking, or being given arms, legs, facial features, human locomotion or other anthropoid form	6
5931398219	Aphorism	A brief statement which expresses an observation on life, usually intended as a wise observation.	7
5931398922	Apostrophe	A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman.	8
5931399410	archetype	something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies;	9
5931400002	atmosphere	the dominant mood or emotional tone of a work of art, as of a play or novel:	10
5931400853	antithesis	opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.	11