| A | B |
|---|
| alliteration | repetition of the same sound at the beginning of successive words |
| anaphora | (<Greek anaphora, "rising; repetition") repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses |
| antithesis | (<Greek antithesis, "oposition") opposition or contrast of two ideas |
| assonance | (<assonô, "sound in accompaniment") repetition of identical or similar sounds in words |
| asyndeton | (<Greek asyndetos, "unconnected") absence of connectives between phrases or clauses |
| chiasmus | (<Greek chiasmus, "placing crosswise") arrangement of pairs, the second element of which is in inverted order (ABBA) |
| ellipsis | (<Greek elleipsis, "ellipse, omission") omission of one or more grammatical elements that may be supplied from context |
| hendiadys | (<Greek hen dia duoin, "one through two") one idea expressed through two nouns connected by "and" when a closer relation is suggested |
| hyperbaton | (<Greek hyperbatos, "going beyond") separation of two words that normally belong together |
| tricolon | (<Greek trikôlos, "three-limbed") three-part structure comprising three words, phrases, or clauses |
