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11453484879 | Allegory | A narrative in which the characters and behaviors, and even setting demonstrates multiple levels of meaning and significance. Often a universal symbol or a personified abstraction. | 0 | |
11453484880 | Alliteration | The sequential repetition of a similar initial sound. | 1 | |
11453484881 | Anaphora | The regular repetition of the same words or phrases at the beginning of phrases | 2 | |
11453484882 | Antithesis | Designed to make a point | 3 | |
11453484883 | Aphorism | Statement designed to make a point | 4 | |
11453484884 | Appeals to: authority, emotion, logic | Rhetorical arguments in which the speaker claims to be an authority or expert in a field, or attempts to play upon the emotions, or appeals to the use of reason | 5 | |
11453484885 | Apostrophe | address to something inanimate | 6 | |
11453484886 | Assonance | Repetition of vowel sounds | 7 | |
11453484887 | Asyndeton | A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose | 8 | |
11453484888 | attitude | the sense expressed by the tone of voice and/or the mood of a piece of writing | 9 | |
11453484889 | begging the question | Argumentative ploy where the arguer sidesteps the question or conflict | 10 | |
11453484890 | Canon | that which has been accepted as authentic | 11 | |
11453484891 | Chiasmus | A figure of speech and generally a syntactical structure wherein the order of the terms in the first half of a parallel clause is reversed in the second | 12 |