a story, poem, or picture in which the details are all symbols that represent a bigger idea; for example The Old Man and the Sea is a novel that's an allegory because the man represents all people, the fish he tries to catch represents the dreams of all people, and the sea represents the obstacles we all face (a)  

• allegory
• alliteration
• allusion
• anecdote
• antithesis
• antonym
• appendix
• archetype
• argument
• assonance

repetition of beginning consonant sounds; for example "She sells seashells by the seashore" OR "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

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• alliteration
• allusion
• anecdote
• antithesis
• antonym
• appendix
• archetype
• argument
• assonance
• allegory

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art; For example calling two teenagers "Romeo and Juliet" to show they have a dramatic love affair going on.

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• allusion
• anecdote
• antithesis
• antonym
• appendix
• archetype
• argument
• assonance
• allegory
• alliteration

a short story about a real incident or person

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• anecdote
• antithesis
• antonym
• appendix
• archetype
• argument
• assonance
• allegory
• alliteration
• allusion

the direct opposite, a sharp contrast (example: "One SMALL STEP for man, one GIANT LEAP for mankind")

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• antithesis
• antonym
• appendix
• archetype
• argument
• assonance
• allegory
• alliteration
• allusion
• anecdote

a word that means the opposite of another word; For example hot/cold, mean/nice, day/night, etc.

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• antonym
• appendix
• archetype
• argument
• assonance
• allegory
• alliteration
• allusion
• anecdote
• antithesis

a section at the end of a book that lists all of the topics in the book and the page numbers you can find them on

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• appendix
• archetype
• argument
• assonance
• allegory
• alliteration
• allusion
• anecdote
• antithesis
• antonym

an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing

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• archetype
• argument
• assonance
• allegory
• alliteration
• allusion
• anecdote
• antithesis
• antonym
• appendix

a speaker or writer's opinion and the evidence they use to support their opinion and try to convince others

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• argument
• assonance
• allegory
• alliteration
• allusion
• anecdote
• antithesis
• antonym
• appendix
• archetype

repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words that are close to each other; for example "He fell asleep under the cherry tree" because of "sleep" and "tree" having the same long E sound

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• assonance
• allegory
• alliteration
• allusion
• anecdote
• antithesis
• antonym
• appendix
• archetype
• argument