Consonance
The repetition of consonant sounds within a phrase or sentence.
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words within a phrase or sentence.
Alliteration
A type of consonance where the initial consonant sounds within a phrase or sentence are repeated.
Asyndeton
The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.
Polysyndeton
A literary technique in which conjunctions are used repeatedly in quick succession.
Caesura
A stop or pause in a metrical line, often marked by punctuation.
Chiasmus
A rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or modified form.
Anastrophe
The inversion of the usual order of words or clauses.
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Epistrophe
The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.
Euphemism
An expression used in place of words or phrases that might be considered harsh or unpleasant.
Refrain
A regularly recurring phrase or verse, especially at the end of each stanza or division of a poem.
Echo
A type of verse in which repetition at the end of a line or stanza imitates an echo.
Oxymoron
The figure of speech in which two seemingly opposing and contradictory words are juxtaposed.