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A word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women’s Army Corps
Acronym
A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. Take for instance, “The boy who cried wolf”.
Allegory
Using two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group as in from stem to stern.
Alliteration
A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication. The act or practice of making a casual reference to something. For example: The novel’s title is an to a Bible verse: I will fear no evil.
Allusion
Doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention. An unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc. a The philosopher’s advice was so full of .
Ambiguity
A word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: angel from glean.
Anagram
A similarity between like features of two things, on which comparison may be based; for instance, between a heart and a pump
Analogy
A short account of a particular incident or event, especially if an interesting or amusing nature.
Anecdote
A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another ; opponent; adversary
Antagonist
Opposition; contrast; the direct opposite of. The behavior was the very of cowardly.
Antithesis
A terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation, as “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Aphorism
A digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O death, where is thy sting?”
Apostrophe
