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Adage

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An adage is a short, pointed and memorable saying based on facts, and is considered a veritable truth by the majority of people.

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Ad Hominem

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against the man.

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Allegory

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Allegory is a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters, figures and events.

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Allusion

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Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

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Ambiguity

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Ambiguity or fallacy of ambiguity is a word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning.

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Anagram

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Anagram is a form of word play in which letters of a word or phrase are rearranged in such a way that a new word or phrase is formed.

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Analogy

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An analogy is a comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it.

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Anapest

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Anapest is a poetic device defined as a metrical foot in a line of a poem that contains three syllables wherein the first two syllables are short and unstressed followed by a third syllable that is long and stressed.

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Anaphoric

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In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect is known as Anaphora.

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Anecdote

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Anecdote is defined as a short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh.

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Antagonist

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In literature, an antagonist is a character or a group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character.

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Antecedent

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Antecedent is an earlier clause, phrase or word to which a pronoun, another word or a noun refers back to.

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Anachronism

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Anachronism is derived from a Greek word anachronous which means “against time”. Therefore, an anachronism is an error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece.

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Anti-hero

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Anti-hero is a literary device used by writers for a prominent character in a play or book that has characteristics opposite to that of a conventional hero.

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Anadiplosis

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“to reduplicate”. It refers to the repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause.

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Antimetabole

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“turning about”. It is a literary term or device that involves repeating a phrase in reverse order.

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Antithesis

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Antithesis, literal meaning opposite, is a rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

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Anthropomorphism

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Anthropomorphism is a literary device that can be defined as a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions or entire behavior to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena or objects.

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Apostrophe

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In literature, apostrophe is a figure of speech sometimes represented by exclamation “O”. A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech.

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Aphorism

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Aphorism is a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. The term is often applied to philosophical, moral and literary principles.

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Archetype

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In literature, an archetype is a typical character, an action or a situation that seems to represent such universal patterns of human.

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Argument

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An argument is the main statement of a poem, an essay, a short story, or a novel that usually appears as an introduction or a point on which the writer will develop his work in order to convince his readers.