| A | B |
|---|
| irony | the actual outcome differs from the expected |
| litotes | a double negative; affirming of something by denying its opposite; an understatement |
| metaphor | an implied simile or comparison, without the use of some word meaning “like” or “as” |
| metonymy | the substitution of one word for another that it suggests. |
| onomatopoeia | the use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning. |
| oxymoron | the use in combination of apparently contradictory words. |
| personification | attributing human characteristics to inanimate or impersonal things. |
| polysyndeton | the use of unnecessary conjunctions |
| prolepsis | the use of a word sooner than is logically appropriate; |
| rhetorical question | An affirmative statement presented in the form of a question to which no answer is required |
| simile | an expressed comparison introduced by some word meaning “as” or “like” such as similis, qualis, velut |
| Homeric simile | a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length |
| synchysis | an interlocking order of words (ABAB) |
| synchdoche | the use of a part of an object to represent the entire object. |
| tmesis | the separation of a compound word by one or more intervening words. |
| tricolon crescens | an ascending tricolon – a combination of three elements increasing in size. |
| zeugma | the use of a word in 2 connections, though strictly applicable only to one |
