| A | B |
|---|
| Accent | Stressed portion of a word |
| Aphorism | Short, witty saying |
| Analogy | Comparison - similes and metaphors |
| Anachronism | Misplaced in time |
| Abstract | Complex type of writing that seldom uses examples for support |
| Anecdote | Short narrative |
| Aesthetic | Appealing to a sense of taste |
| Allusion | Reference to another work |
| Anticlimax | Far smaller result than expected |
| Anthropomorphism | Inanimate objects given human characteristics |
| Antihero | Protagonist who is markedly unheroic |
| Alliteration | Rep. of first consonant sounds |
| Allegory | Often uses animal characters to represent abstact qualities |
| Academic | Dry, theoretical writing |
| Archaism | Deliberately old-fashioned writing |
| Aside | Speech made by an actor directly to the audience |
