Active Voice

In a sentence in the active, ther person or the thing that performed the action is the subject of the verb. 

eg. I wrote the letter.

Allegory

a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.

Alliteration

The repetition of the beginning sounds of words, as in “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,”

Allusion

The act of alluding; indirect reference: Without naming names, the candidate criticized the national leaders by allusion.

Analogy

 Similarity or comparability

Antagonist

a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another

Anti-Climax

an event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected.

Antithesis

opposition, contrast:

the antithesis of right and wrong.

Apostrophe

a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea,

 Anecdotal

pertaining to, resembling, or containing anecdotes: an anecdotal history of jazz.

Archaic

commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage except to suggest the older time, as in religious rituals or historical novels. Examples: thou; wast; methinks; forsooth.

Aside

on or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction: to turn aside; to move the chair aside.

Assonance

resemblance of sounds

Atmosphere

a surrounding or pervading mood, environment or influence

Audience

a group of spectators at a public event

Autobiography

a history of a person's life written or told by that person

 Ballad

any light, simple song, one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody

Bias

to cause partiality or favoritism in a person. influence, unfairly

Biography

a written account of another person's life

Blank Verse

verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic pentameter