Allegory: A symbolic narrative
example: Allegory of the Cave. Enlightenment v.s. Shadows
Alliteration:The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group.
example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Allusion: Metaphor, making a casual or indirect reference
Ambiguity: Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention.
example: Shakespeare is a very ambiguous writer.
Anachronism: Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time.
example: He's such a Romeo(different century) with the ladies.
Analogy: Similarity or comparability.
example: The analogy of the test answers only added to the evidence that the two girls had cheated.
Analysis: Process of studying the nature of something or determining its essential features and their relations.
example: She made a proper analysis of the situation before reacting
Anaphora: Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences.
Anecdote: A short account of a particular incident or event., especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
Antagonist: A person who is opposed to, struggles against or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
Batman v.s. Joker
Antithesis: Opposition; contrast; the direct opposite.
Aphorism: a terse saying embodying a general truth, a astute observation.
Apologia: An apology, as in defense or justification f a belief.
Apostrophe: Used to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced or pronounced.
Argument: An oral disagreement, verbal opposition.
Assumption:Something taken for granted,a supposition; hypothesis.
Audience: Group of spectators at a public event; listeners or views collectively
Characterization: Portrayal; description; act of characterizing.
Chiasmus: a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases.
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