RH 103 final figures of speech

Allitration

repetition of same consonant sound at the start of subsequent words (Peter Piper Picked)

Anaphora

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Anastrophe

Departure from normal word order for the sake of emphasis; "Ask not" instead of "dont ask"

Antiphrasis

the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)

Auxesis

A gradual increase in intensity of meaning with words arranged in ascending order of force or importance.

Carpe Diem

seize the day

Chiasmus

A repetition of ideas in inverted order (ABBA): When the going gets tough, the tough get going

Erotema

rhetorical question with an obvious answer

Epistrophe

the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences

Figure, figurative

departure from a literal use of the word; a metaphor

Hyperbole

exaggeration used for emphasis

Irony

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

Litotes

deliberate understatement

Paradox

a contradiction or dilemma

Sarcasm

the use of irony to mock or convey contempt

scheme

an artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words; playing with words

tricolon

3 parallel structures

tropes

the use of a word, phrase, or image in an unusual way

Volta

A turn or change in though, argument or mood within a poem

Questio

a sense of questioning

verb moods

telling someone to do a verb