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Allegory
narrative in which characters and their actions are symbolic or personifications of qualities
Zeugma
linking of a subject with two or more verbs, or linking a verb with two or more subjects
Allusion
a reference to a historical / literary / religious event
Ambiguity
writing which can be interpreted in multiple ways and/or with different connotations
Anadiplosis
repeating the last word in a clause in the beginning of the next one
Analogy
a comparison
Anaphora
parallel repetition in the beginning of two or more clauses
Anastrophe
when normal syntax is violated for emphasis
"Of pain you could wish only one thing
that it should stop
Anecdote
a short story
Antimetabole
repetition of words but reversed
Antithesis
juxtaposition of contrasting terms in the same sentence
Apostrophe
a speech said to a personified object or a person who is not present
Apposition
two noun phrases referring to the same subject
Asyndeton
sentence with no conjunctions to make it fast-paced
Cliche
a commonplace or overused theme/plot/character/trope
Colloquialism
informal but common words/phrases
Connotation
a words emotion/feeling it invokes
"unique"
special (+), peculiar (-), or different (neutral)
Dialect
attempts to mimic speech via spelling and grammar
Diction
word choice
Epanalepsis
emphasis on a word which is the first and last in the clause/sentence
