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Allegory |
a fictional work in which the characters represent ideas or concepts. Boxer respresents the working class. |
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Alliteration |
the repetition of a consonant sound, usually at the beginning of the words. Jill joined jary's gym |
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Allusion |
a passing reference to a familiar person, place or thing in history. I was suprised his noise was not growing like pineocio |
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Analogy |
a form of comparison in which the writer explains something umfamiliar by comparing it to something familiar. The pond was as smooth as the mirror. |
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Antecedent |
A grammatial term for the noun of or pronoun from which another pronoun derives its meaning. The CAR he wanted to buy was a green ONE |
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Antithesis |
a contrast of ideas that is often expressed in balanced pharases or clauses. Where casey was elegant, I was trashy. |
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Apostrophe |
a figure of speech in which an absent person or personiified object is addressed. Oh love, where have you gone. |
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Appositive |
word of pharase that follows as a noun or prenoun for empathasis Morgan, my awesome best friend, is cool. |
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Assertion |
The thesis or propostition that a writer puts forward in argument. |
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Asyndeton |
conjunctions are omitted from from a sentance. I came, I saw, I conquered. |
