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Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

character,action, and sometimes setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of a story - usually moral,social,religious, political characters rep. Charity, hope, greed

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of initial identical constant sounds or any vowel sounds in successive or closely associated syllables

Question 3

Analogy

Answer 3

The process of drawing a comparison between 2 things based on a partial similarity of like features

Question 4

Anaphora

Answer 4

Word(s) repeated at the beginning of 2+ lines, clauses, sentences

Question 5

Anastrophe

Answer 5

The inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence to secure rhythm or emphasize

Question 6

Antecedent

Answer 6

The word to which a pronoun refers

Question 7

Antithesis

Answer 7

A figure of speech characterized by strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas

•balancing of one term against another for emphasis

Question 8

Abstract

Answer 8

Designating qualities or characteristics apart from specific objects or events, opposite of concrete

Question 9

Allusion

Answer 9

Brief reference to a person, event, or place , real or fictions , or to a work of art