front 1 Alliteration | back 1 The repetition of initial consonant sounds |
front 2 Allusion | back 2 Reference to a well-known person, place, event, literacy work, or work of art |
front 3 Anachronism | back 3 Something out of its normal time period (like seeing a digital clock in a movie set int the 1800's) |
front 4 Analogy | back 4 A comparison that explains or describes one subject by pointing out its similarities to another subject |
front 5 Anecdote | back 5 A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event. It is told to entertain or to make a point. |
front 6 Antagonist | back 6 Character or force in conflict with a mean character, or propagandists |
front 7 Antithesis | back 7 Involves a direct contrast of structurally parallel word grouping |
front 8 Aphorism | back 8 A general truth or observation about life, usually stated concisely and pointedly |
front 9 Apostrophe | back 9 A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality |
front 10 Aside | back 10 Words spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character, that are not meant to be overheard by the other characters |