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allegory
story, picture, or other piece of art that uses symbols to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one
anaphora
the repitition of words or phrases throughout a piece of literature
analogy
to make a connection between two seemingly different things
anadiplosis
the repitition of the last word or phrase of a preceding clause
allusion
a brief reference to a historical or literacy figure, event, or object that the target audience would know
alliteration
repitition of the same sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence
coherence
something logical or consistent that makes sense as a whole
chiasmus
creates a stylized writing effect, in which the second part of a sentence part of a sentence s a mirror image of the first
cacophony
the use of words or phrases characterized by with disagreeable and unmelodious sounds, sounds that are hostile or disturbing
audience
the listeners or spectators at a speech or performance, or the intended readership for a piece of writing
asyndeton
a mission of a conjunction
assonance
the repittion of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences
appeals
the qualities of an argument that make it truly persuasive
aphorism
a short clever saying that is intended to express a general truth
antithesis
pairs exact opposites or contrasting ideas in a parallel grammatical structure
antimetabole
when words in the first half of a sentence are inverted in the second half of the sentence
anthimeria
uses one part of speech as another, such as using a noun as a verb
antecedent
literary device in which a pronoun or noun refers to an earlier phrase or word
anecdote
a usually very short story of an interesting amusing, or biographical event
anastrophe
a figure of speech in which the usual order of the subject, verb, and object is changed