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A poetic sound device, which involves the repetition of initial consonant sounds.
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Alliteration
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An indirect reference to some piece of knowledge not directly mentioned.
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Illusion
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4th century B.C. Greek conqueror of most of the known world.
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Alexander the Great
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Branch of philosophy concerned with appreciation of art and beauty
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Aesthetics
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Latin "to the man" naming the fallacy of personal attack rather than reason as basis of arugment.
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Addhominem
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Hero in the Iliad who slew the Trojan hero Hector, but was killed himself by being woulded in the heel by an arrow.
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Achilles
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First and last letters of Greek alphabet, referring to the infinite one in Christian scripture
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Alpha & Omega
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Latin "friend of the court" which names an individual or group interested in the outcome of a trial but not actual party to it.
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Amicus Curail
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The judgement of the court that an individual is not guilty.
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Acquittal
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