| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Chiasmus | Word order ABBA |
| Synchesis | "Interlocked word order" ABAB |
| Anastrophe | The reversal of the usual order of words |
| Hyperbaton | The separation of words that usually go together |
| Ellipsis | Stylistic form of writing where a word in left out in English |
| Polyptoton | The repetition of the same word in slightly varied forms |
| Tricolon | The use of three |
| Lytotes | The assertion of something by denying its opposite ex: not unhappy |
| Simile | A comparison between two terms using "as" or "like" |
| Polysyndeton | Excessive use of conjunctions |
| Asyndeton | Lack of conjunctions |
| Pleonasm | Extra words not needed |
| Pleonastic Negative | Two "nots" to be extra strong, that don't cancel out |
| Hendiadys | Noun and noun = adjective noun |
| Anaphora | Repetition of the same words |
| Rhetorical Question | A question that doesn't expect an answer |
| Hyperbole | Over exaggeration |
| Praeteritio | saying you won't do something, and in doing so, say it (for I wont recall these ancient things...) |
| Repetition | Repeating for emphasis |
| Syncopi | When a word is shortened from its original form |
| Zeugma | When you use one word (usually an adverb) twice. Once literally, once figuratively |
| Tmesis | Separation of the parts of a compound word |
| Paralell Structure | When the format or structure of two or more things is identical |
| Metonymy | Using one word for a related word |
| Synecdoche | (Type of Metonymy) Part for the whole (All hands on deck) |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of successive words |
| Homeoteleuton | The repetition of the same sound at the end of successive words |
| Antithesis | To bring opposite ideas together (oxymoron) |
| Word Picture | To show or represent something through the order of words |
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