Isocolon
a rhetorical device that involves a succession of sentences, phrases and clauses of grammatically equal length. It is the repetition of similar grammatical forms.
Anastrophe
is a scheme that writers use which moves words out of the normal order that they would be commonly spoken in.
Parenthesis
a pair of ( ) that are used to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark
Apposition
A relationship between two or more words/phrases that when placed beside each other in a sentence describes or defines the other.
Epistrophe
The repetition of a word(s) at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
Epanalepsis
is a figure of speech defined by the repetition of the initial word (or words) of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence.
Climax
Words, phrases or clauses are arranged in a sentence in increasing importance
Antimetabole
The repetition of a phrase in reverse order at the end of a sentence. Comes from Greek meaning "To turn about in the opposite direction.
Polyptoton
is the repetition of a root word in a variety of ways.
Antanaclasis
a rhetorical device in which a phrase or word is repeatedly used.
Paranomasia
a phrase intentionally used to exploit the confusion between words having similar sounds but different meanings. It is like a word play and is also known as a pun.
Syllepsis
a kind of ellipsis in which one word (usually a verb) is understood differently in relation to two or more other words, which it modifies or governs.
Zeugma
a figure of speech in which a word, usually a verb or an adjective, applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas.
Anthimeria
substitution of one part of speech for another
Periphrasis
the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing.
an indirect and circumlocutory phrase.
the use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, (e.g., did go as opposed to went and more intellige
Apostrophe
when a character in a literary work speaks to an object, an idea, or someone who doesn't exist as if it is a living person.
Cumulative sentence
A loose sentence that begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases that modify the main clause.
Phrase
a group or words that express a concept and is used as a unit within a sentence.
Motif
an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary art work; can be seen as an image, sound action or other figures that have a symbolic significance and contributes to the development of the theme
Epigraph
a literary device in the form of a poem, quotation or sentence usually placed at the beginning of a document or a simple piece having a few sentences but which belongs to another writer.