Parallelism

The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter.

Juxtaposition

A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.

Asyndeton

 A stylistic device used in literature and poetry to intentionally eliminate conjunctions between the phrases and in the sentence

Polysyndeton

A stylistic device in which several coordinating conjunctions are used in succession in order to achieve an artistic effect

Anaphora

In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect

Epistrophe

the same word returns at the end of each sentence

Apostrophe

A writer or a speaker, using an apostrophe, detaches himself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech

Antithesis

A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect

Litotes

 An understatement by using double negatives or, in other words, positive statement is expressed by negating its opposite expressions

Zeugma/Syllepsis

a figure of speech in which a word, usually a verb or an adjective, applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas

In Syllepsis, the verb is only gramatically correct for one of the words

Tautology

A repetitive use of phrases or words which have similar meanings

Anastrophe

the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses

Ellipses

A literary device that is used in narratives to omit some parts of a sentence or event, which gives the reader a chance to fill the gaps while acting or reading it out. It is usually written between the sentences as “…”

Solecism

A stylistic device, which is defined as a grammatical mistake or intentional use of incorrect grammar in written language and speech

Metonymy

a figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated

Synecdoche

a literary device in which a part of something represents the whole or it may use a whole to represent a part

Chiasmus/Antimetabole

a rhetorical device in which two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures in order to produce an artistic effect

Andiplosis

the repitition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause

Syllogism

a rhetorical device that starts an argument with a reference to something general and from this it draws conclusion about something more specific

Diacope

A rhetorical term meaning the repitition of a word or phrase with a few intervening words

Conceit

a figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors

Hypophora

a figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question

Cumulative sentence

An independent clause followed by a series of subordinate constructions (phrases or clauses) that gather details about a person, place, event, or idea

Periodic Sentence

A sentence that has the main clause or predicate at the end

Hortative sentence

A sentence that exhorts, advises, calls to

action.

Imperative sentence

A sentence that gives a command or gives a request to do something