rhetorical devices

alliteration

repetition of same sound in several words

anaphora

repetition of word/phrase at beginning of phrase/clause/line

anastrophe

movement of normal word order; mostly w/prep in latin; form of hyperbaton

antithesis

opposition/contrast of ideas/words in balanced/parallel construction

aposiopesis

speaker pauses abruptly, overcome by emotion; form of ellipse (A-pause)

apostrophe

sudden turn from audience to address specific group/person/abstraction

asyndeton

lack of conjunctions

chiasmus

two corresponding pairs arranged in abba order; shape of chi (X)

hendiadys

two words connected by conjunction to express a complex idea

hyperbaton

separation of words which belong together, to emphasize first/create image

hyperbole

exaggeration for emphasis/effect

hysteron-proteron

inversion of natural sequence of events

irony

expression contrary to intended meaning

litotes

understatement for intensification by denying contrary of affirmed thing