similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Examples: 

 "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortune and our sacred honor"

"we will banish his vacillations, purge his unneeded influences, and perfect his native gifts for language"

the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, often in parallel structure 

Examples: 

"though studious, he was popular; though argumentative, he was modest; though flexible, he was candid."

"Essex thought him wanting in zeal as a friend, Elizabeth thought him wanting duty as a subject"

inversion of the natural or unusual word order

Examples: 

"backward run the sentences till reels the mind" 

"people hehad known all his life he didn't really know" 

"one ad does not a survey make" 

"good musicians of their type they are. Clean and neat in appearance they are."

insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal syntactical flow of the sentence

Examples: 

"but wherein any man is bold - I am speaking foolishly - I am also bold ... are they ministers of Christ? I - to speak as a fool - am more."

placing side by side two co-ordinate elements, the second of which serves as an explanation or modifcation of the first

Examples: 

"John Morgan, the president of the sons of the republic, could not be reached by phone." 

"men of this kind - soldiers of fortune, pool hall habitues, gignols, beachbombers - expend their talents on trivalties 

"So we would have gone together, the Orthodox and I." 

deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the content 

Exmaples: 

"And he to England shall along with you." 

"The masters degree is awarded by seventy-four departments, and the Ph.D by sixty."

deliberate omission of conjunctions between a series of clauses 

Examples: 

"I came, I saw, I conquered." 

"They may have it in well-doing, they may have it in learning, they may have it even in criticism." 

repetition of initial or medial consonants in two or more adjacent words 

Examples: 

"A stable, silent, solemn forest stood"

"Already American vessels had been searched, seized and sunk."

"A moist young moon hung above the mist of a neighboring meadow"

the repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded and followed by different consonants, in the stressed syllables of adjacent words 

Examples: 

"An old man, blind, depised and dying king - Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who slow Through public scorn - mud from a muddy spring."

"Had Gray written often thus, it had been vain to blame and useless to praise him."

"Refresh your zest for living"

repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of successive clauses 

Examples: 

"The Lord sinneth above the water floods. The Lord remaineth a King forever. The Lord shall give me strength unto His people. The Lord shall give his people. The Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace."

"It is a luxury, a privilege, is is an indulgence to those who are at ease."

repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause 

Examples: 

"Blood hath brought blood, and blows have answer answer'd blows: strength march'd with strength, and power confronted power. 

"Year chases year, decay pursues decay."

"Possessing what we still we unpossessed by, possessed by what we now no more possessed."

repetition of words, in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order

Examples: 

"One must eat to live, not live to eat."

"Mankind must put an end to word - or war will out an end to mankind." 

"You like it, it likes you."

repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses. 

Examples: 

"I'll have my bond! Speak not against my bond! I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond!"

"We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another."

When several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. 

Examples: 

"I am taking English and Math and History and Science and Theatre." 

An arrangement in order of increasing importance.

Examples:

 "Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself, his family, his country, and his God."

A succession of sentences, phrases and clauses of grammatically equal length. 

Examples: 

"The old man drifted softly to sleep, eyes smiling kindly, blindly and timely."