rhetorical devices benbenek

Polysyndeton

Many conjunctions

Asyndeton

Missing conjunctions

Antistrophe

Reverse anaphora, repetition at ends

Synecdoche

Referring to something/one by a piece/part

Metonymy

Referring to something by a close symbol

Chiasmus

Reverses or mirrors syntax only

Antimetabole

Reverses syntax and diction

Anadiplosis

Ending a sentence and beginning the next with the same word

Epanalepsis

Ending and beginning one sentence with the same word or phrase

Ellipsis

Omitting word/phrase in repeated language

aphorism/epigram

short, clever saying that reveals a general truth

cumulative sentence

main idea is elaborated by sucessive modifying phrases

periodic sentence

holds back core verb until the end