| 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 |
| enjambement | completing a clause with the first word in the next line |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| litotes | double negative or affirming something by denying the opposite |
| metaphor | a direct comparison |
| hyperbaton | violent displacement of words |
| polysyndeton | excessive use of conjunctions |
| loan word | foreign term used for purpose unavailable to the Latin equivalent |
| tricolon crescens | a group of three terms or phrases that increase in emphasis |
| consonance | repeated consonant sounds |
| homeoteleuton | similar word endings |
| patronymic | referring to a character by father's name |
| diminutive | suffix provides for a "smaller" noun |
| synchesis | interlocking word order |
| antithesis | a comparison of opposites |
| ellipsis | omission of words understood but grammatically necessary |
| golden line | synchesis with the addition of a verb in the very middle |
| metonymy | the use of the name of one thing for that of another of which it is an attribute or with which it is associated |
| hendiadys | the expression of an idea by the use of usually two independent words connected by and (as nice and warm) instead of the usual combination of independent word and its modifier |
| synecdoche | a part represents the whole |
