| A | B |
|---|
| alliteration | Repetition of same sound at the beginning of successive words |
| anaphora | repetition of the same word at the beginning of 2 or mor clauses in a row |
| asyndeton | leaving out connecting words like et and -que |
| chiasmus | crisscross word order: A-B-B-A |
| diminutive | indicates a small amount or size. |
| ellipsis | leaving out word(s) that are needed to make sense of a sentence; usually a form of esse. |
| hyperbaton | putting an adjective and its noun far apart |
| hyperbole | exaggeration |
| litotes | using a negative of the opposite to express an idea: "not unkind" |
| metaphor | a suggested comparison: "her eyes lit up" |
| metonymy | using one noun in place of another: "Venus" for "love" |
| onomatopoeia | when the sound of the word imitates a sound associated with that word. |
| poetic plural | using the plural of a word instead when the singular would be more logical |
| preterition | when the speaker says (s)he will not talk about a subject, and therefore brings up the subject |
| rhetorical question | doesn't expect an answer; it is used for effect or to make a point rather than to get information |
| simile | comparing two things by using the words "like" or "as" |
| synchysis | interlocked word order: A-B-A-B |
| synecdoche | using part of something to stand for the whole thing |
| transferred epithet | an adjective agrees with one noun, but it logically describes a different noun |
| tricolon | three parallel phrases in a row. When the third is most important it is called "tricolon crescens". |
