AICE lang first set of words

Acronym

Word formed from the initial letters of a name. Example: FBI

Allegory

Story or tale with two or more levels of meaning, a literal level and one or more symbolic levels.

Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in two or more.

Allusion

Direct or indirect reference in a work of literature to something which is presumably commonly known, such as a character place or situation from history or from another work of literature music art religion

Anagram

Word formed by reordering the letters of another word, such as satin to stain

Analogy

Similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between

Anaphora

Type of parallelism that refers to the grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs to give structural similarity to a larger unit of composition and carried throughout. Example: I came I saw I conquered

Antagonist

Character or force in society or nature that opposes the protagonist. Not every story has an antagonist

Antithesis

Juxtaposition of contrasting ideas. One small step for man one giant leap for mankind

Assonance

Repetition of similar vowel sounds within non rhyming words

Audience

Person or people who listen to what the writer or speaker says