A struggle between two opposing forces or characters in a short story, novel, play, or narrative poem. 沖突：故事，小說，戲劇中相對的力量和人物之間的對立。
其他修辭手法還有：
1.Allegory (寓言)
A tale in verse or prose in which characters, actions, or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities.
寓言，諷喻：壹種文學、戲劇或繪畫的藝術手法，其中人物和事件代表抽象的觀點、原則或支配力。
2.Alliteration (頭韻)
Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound within a line or a group of words.
頭韻：在壹組詞的開頭或重讀音節中對相同輔音或不同元音的重復。
3.Allusion (典故)
A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize and respond to.
典故：作者對某些讀者熟悉並能夠作出反映的特定人物，地點，事件，文學作品的引用。
4.Analogy (類比)
A comparison made between two things to show the similarities between them.
類比：為了在兩個事物之間找出差別而進行的比較。
5. Antagonist (反面主角)
The principal character in opposition to the protagonist or hero or heroine of a narrative or drama.
反面主角：敘事文學或戲劇中與男女主人公或英雄相對立的主要人物。
6. Antithesis (對仗)
The balancing of two contrasting ideas, words, or sentences.
對仗：兩組相對的思想，言辭，詞句的平衡。
7. Aphorism (警句)
A concise, pointed statement expressing a wise or clever observation about life.
警句：蘊含關於人生真理的明智的看法的精練的語句。
8. Aside (旁白) A piece of dialogue intended for the audience and supposedly not heard by other actors on stage.
旁白：只說給觀眾而認為不會讓臺上其他演員聽到的壹段對話。
9.Apostrophe (呼語)
The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.
呼語：直接稱呼不在場或虛構的人物或稱呼擬人的事物，尤指作為演講或作文過程中的離題話。
10.Assonance (類韻)
The repetition of similar vowel sounds, especially in poetry.
類音，類韻：相同或相似元音的重復，尤其指在詩歌中的重復。