Schemes

Anastrophe

Inversion of the natural or usual word order (Yoda talk)

ex. I got, so far immediately moment was concerned away

Parenthesis

Insertion of some verbal unit in a position that interrupts the normal flow of the sentence

Apposition

Placing side by side two co-coordinating elements, the second serving as an explanation of the first

ex. My sister, a short person, goes to college.

Ellipsis

Omission of words or words the are readily implied by context

Polysyndeton

Deliberate use of many conjunctions

Asyndeton

Deliberate omission of conjunctions between series of related clauses

Assonance

Repetition of similar vowel sounds, preceded by different consonants

Ex. Refresh your zest for living

Parallelism

Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases or clauses

ex. word: I do not enjoy thinking or running

phrase: we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor

clause: please let me know when he comes early or when my time is up

Alliteration

Repetition of initial or medial consonant in two or more adjacent words

ex. “Tart, Tingling, and even ticklish”

Antithesis

juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in words or phrases

ex. It was the best of times, it was the worse of time

Anaphora

repetition of the same word or groups at the beginning of successive clause

ex.”we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the land, we shall fight into the fields, we shall fight in the hills

Epistrophe

Repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses

Ex. “As long as the white man sent you to Korea, you bled. He sent you to Germany you bled. He sent you to the South Pacific to fight the Japanese you bled”

epanalepsis

Repetition at the end of a clause at the beginning of the following clause

Ex. “Business forms are as varied as people forms”

Anadiplosis

Repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause

ex. “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you”

Climax

Arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in order of increasing importance

ex. “Let a man acknowledge obligations in his family, his country, and his god”

Chiasmus

reversal of grammatical structures or words in successive phrases or clauses (verb,object;object,verb)

ex. “Do you love to eat, or eat to live?”