1. Allegory- a tale in prose or verse in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities; a story that uses symbols to make a point
2. Alliteration- the repetition of similar initial sounds, usually consonants, in a group of words
3. Allusion- a reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize
4. Ambiguity- something uncertain as to interpretation
5. Anachronism- something that shows up in the wrong place or the wrong time
6. Analogy- a comparison made between two things to show the similarities between them
7. Analysis- a method in which a work or idea is separated into its parts, and those parts given rigorous and detailed scrutiny
8. Anaphora- a device or repetition in which a word or words are repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, phrases, clauses, or sentences
9. Anecdote- a very short story used to illustrate a point
10. Antagonist- a person or force opposing the protagonist in a drama or narrative
11. Antithesis- a balancing of one term against another for emphasis or stylistic effectiveness
12. Aphorism- a terse, pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation about life
13. Apologia- a defense or justification for some doctrine, piece of writing, cause, or action; also apology
14. Apostrophe- a figure of speech in which an absent or dead person, an abstract quality, or something inanimate or nonhuman is addressed directly
15. Argument(ation)- the process of convincing a reader by proving either the truth or the falsity of an idea or proposition; also, the thesis or proposition itself
16. Assumption- the act of supposing, or taking for granted that a thing is true
17. Audience- the intended listener or listeners
18. Characterization- the means by which a writer reveals a character’s personality
19. Chiasmus- a reversal in the order off words so that the second half of a statement balances the first half in inverted word order
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