| 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 |
| litotes | double negative or affirming something by denying the opposite |
| hyperbaton | violent displacement of words |
| loan word | Vocabulary import from another language |
| diminutive | suffixed form used to make the stem "little" |
| polysyndeton | conjunctions used in lists where commas would suffice |
| tricolon | a group of three parallel words or phrases |
| consonance | the recurrence of similar consonant sounds in a line |
| homeoteleuton | end rhyme in words |
