catalyst
something that brings about a change in something else
benevolent
well meaning and kindly
haughty
arrogant
satiric
Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point
belligerent
hostile and aggressive
wry
humorously sarcastic or mocking
divisive
creating disunity or conflict
metonymy
A figure of speech in which something is referred to by using the name of something that is associated with it
antithesis
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
polysyndeton
Deliberate use of many conjunctions
anaphora
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
chiasmus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed