Examples for List #1:
allegory- Consider the short story, "the Allegory of the Cave." The cave takes on a greater meaning by symbolizing ignorance.
alliteration - Alice's Aunt ate apples and acorns around August.
allusion- His nose was growing like Pinocchio's, is referencing to another piece of literature.
ambiguity- "I rode a black horse in red pajamas," is unclear. Is the person wearing the pajamas or is the horse?
anachronism- Having cell phones during the Jurassic era is out of place, time, sequence, and history.
analogy- Shoe is to foot as hat is to head.
analysis- Breaking down a story into is component parts; exposition, climax, etc.
anaphora - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech continuously repeats a phrase.
anecdote - At the beginning of a speech about fire safety, the speaker tells a short cautionary tale about a serious injury that occurred as a result of not following protocol.
antagonist- The Green Goblin is the bad guy/antagonist to Spider man.
antithesis - Speech is silver, but silence is gold.
aphorism- Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle; Old age regret. Similar to proverm, states a life lesson in a few words.
apologia- Formal written defense like a letter.
apostrophe- When hamlet talks to the skull like it's a real person.
argument - Definding a side or giving proposition. Consider arguing over gay marriage.
assumption- A reader drawing a conclusion based off of assumption or using context clues from the story.
audience- the listeners of the story, consider a play in theater.
characterization- "His clothes were trashed and his eyes heavy. He wreaked of alcohol and stumbled inside." Details whithin a story describing it's characters.
chiasmus- “Never let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You.”
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