Rhetorical devices

if you are feeling disheartened that you are somehow not enough...set your heart ablaze

allusion

to make a casual/indirect reference to something

anadiplosis

last word of a phrase be the first word in the next

anaphoria

repeating of a word/phrase at the START of several phrases in a row

asyndeton

lack of conjunctions between phrases

antithesis

polar opposite/contrast of ideas parallel to eachother

epistrophe

repeating the same word at the end of several clauses in a row

figurative speech

compares something that isn’t meant to be literal and makes a connection/highlights a specific part

hypophora

speaker asks a question then answers it.

juxtapostion

two dissimilar things placed together for contrasting effect

parallelism

parts of a sentence that are grammatically the same/similar in construction

repetition

repeating words/phrases to show clarity/emphasis

rhetorical question

a question for persuasive effect without any expectation of a reply

polysndeton

several conjunctions in close successions

tricolon

a list of three, or a sentence with three parts/clauses

adnomination

many wrods with the same root in the same sentence

antanagoge

answering an allegation with a counter-allegation, providing an appealing alternate to a problem

antimetabole

phrase is repeated but the words are reversed

apophasis

when one doesn’t want to talk about a subject that has been brought up

epizeuxis

repeating a word/phrase in quick succession with nothing between

procatalepsis

addressing an argument that the opponent might use to make an argument

zeugma

placing two nouns with different meanings in a similar position

colloquialism

informal everyday language being used in writing/speeches