Rhetorical Devices:

Allegory

Prolonged use of an image to express meaning

Alliteration

Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a series of words

Anaphora

Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of successive clauses

Anastrophe

Inversion of usual word order (prepositions and objects)

Aposiopesis

Breaking off in the middle of a sentence

Apostrophe

Sudden turn to address a person or object present or absent

Asyndeton

Omission of conjunctions for emphasis

Chiasmus

"a-b-b-a" arrangement of words for rhetorical effect

Ecphrasis

Extended description of a work of art or scene of nature

Ellipsis

Omission of words easily understood in context

Enjambment

Continuation of a clause beyond the end of one line

Golden Line

Synchesis with a verb in the middle for emphasis

Hendiadys

Expressing a single idea with two nouns joined by a conjunction

Hyperbaton

Distortion of normal word order for emphasis

Hyperbole

Exaggeration for emphasis

Hysteron Proteron

Reversal of the natural order of events

Interlocking Word Order (Synchesis)

ABAB order for emphasis

Litotes

Use of a negative to express a positive

Metaphor

Expression of meaning through another image

Metonymy

Use of one noun to suggest another

Onomatopoeia

Use of words that sound like their meaning

Personification

Attribution of human characteristics to non-human things

Pleonasm

Use of superfluous words to enrich the thought

Polysyndeton

Use of more conjunctions than needed for emphasis

Simile

Explicit comparison using words like "like" or "as"

Synecdoche

Use of a part to express the whole

Tmesis

Separation of a compound word into two parts

Transferred Epithet (Enallage)

Transfer of an adjective to a related object