similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses
Parallelism
Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length
Isocolon
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast
Antithesis
Inversion of the usual, normal, or logical order of the parts of a sentence. Purpose is rhythm or emphasis or euphony. It is a fancy word for inversion.
Anastrophe
a grammar construction in which a noun (or noun phrase) is placed with another as an explanation
Apposition
three periods (...) indicating the omission of words in a thought or quotation
Ellipsis
the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.
Asyndeton
Deliberate use of many conjunctions
Polysyndeton
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
Assonance
repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
Anaphora
Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses
Epistrophe
repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause
Epanalepsis
repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause
Anadiplosis
repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order
Antimetabole
Chiasmus
A statement consisting of two parallel parts in which the second part is structurally reversed (does not involve a repetition of words)
repetition of words derived from the same root
Polyptoton
a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
Synecdoche
substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it
Metonymy
Anthimeria
the substitution of one part of speech for another (ex: using a noun as a verb "let's movie")
Litotes
deliberate use of understatement, stated in the negative (ex: not bad = good)