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The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences.
Anaphora
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Leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, and clauses
Asyndeton
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A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience
Aristotelian Triangle
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A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and evoke response
Archetype
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The study or philosophy of beauty in art, literature, and nature
Aesthetic
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Form of a metaphor, the meaning of a person, object, or action resides outside the story
Allegory
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The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage
Ambiguity
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A familiar proverb or wise saying
Adage
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The use of words common to an earlier time period; antiquated language
Archaic Diction
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A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle; a memorable summation of the author's point
Aphorism
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Explanatory or critical notes added to a text
Annotation
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In an argument, this is an attack on the person rather then on the opponent's ideas
Ad Hominem
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The repetition of words in an inverted order to sharpen a contrast
Antimetabole
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The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
Antecedent
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Refers to language that describes concepts rather than concrete images
Abstract
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Out of time, placing something in a time where it does not belong
Anachronism
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A situation in which all parts of the presentation are equal, whether in sentences or paragraphs or sections of a longer work
Balance
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