| A | B |
|---|
| alliteration | repetition of initial sound |
| anaphora | repetition of words at the beginning of clauses or phrases. |
| assonance | the recurrence of similar vowel sounds |
| asyndeton | omission of conjunctions in a closely related series |
| chiasmus | arrangement of pairs in opposite order: ABBA word order |
| hendiadys | expressing an idea by two nouns instead of using a noun and agreeing adjective |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| litotes | double negative or affirming something by denying the opposite |
| metaphor | a direct comparison |
| hyperbaton | violent displacement of words |
| anadiplosis | words that end clauses begin the next |
| anastrophe | unusual word order |
| catachresis | harsh metaphor |
| antistrophe | repetition of words at the end of clauses or phrases. |
| antithesis | parallel opposition of ideas/words |
| aposiopesis | emotional, abrupt halt |
| archaism | old, obsolete word |
| hypallage | transferred epithet |
| hysteron proteron | a chronological inversion of events |
| onomatopoiea | sound-mimicking words |
| praeteritio | pretended omission |
| climax | growing intensity of a series |
| oxymoron | apparently paradoxical word pair |
