Anaphora

(a NA pho ra)

Repetition of begining

Example

I need a drink, i need a lot of lfe insurence, i need a vacation, i need a home in the country, what i had was a coat, a hat, and a gun.

Anastrophe

(a NAS tro phe)

Arrangement by reversal of order

Example

Sire i am of this, that you only to endure to conquer

Antanaclasis

(ANT a na CLASS is)

Repetition in different scense

Example

If you don't look good, we don't look good

Antimetabole

(AN time TA bo lee)

Repetition of successive clauses in reverse grammatical order

Example

It is not how old you are, but how you are old

Antithesis

(an TI thesis)

Repetition of words or idea in contrasting juxtaposition

Example

Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing

Asyndeton

(a SYN de ton)

Omission of conjunctions from clause

Example

it is norther country, they have cold weather, they have cold hearts

Auxesis

(aux EE sis)

Arrangement bt ascending importance

Example

Since, nor stonr, nor earth, nor boundless sea, mortality, o'er-sway their power

Chiasmus

(KI AZ mus)

Repetition of ideas in inverted order

Example

Nice to see you, to see you, nice!

Ellipsis

(el LIP sis)

Omission

Example

• "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something."
  (Plato)

Epanorthosis

(EP a NOR tho sis)

Additional by correction

Example

• "I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do."
  (Paul Simon)