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Accent
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when a syllable is given a greater amount of force in speaking than is given to another; also called a stress
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Alexandrine
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in English verse, a line of iambic hexameter, usually having a caesura after the third foot
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Allegory
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a narrative in either verse or prose in which characters, events, and in some cases setting, represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of the story
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Alliteration
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the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or within them, especially in accented syllables
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Allusion
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an indirect reference to a person, place, or thing; fictitious, historical, or actual
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Analogy
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a comparison made between two objects, situations, or ideas that share something in common but are otherwise totally different
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Anapest
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a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unaccented followed by one accented
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