Alliteration
The repetition of sounds especially of the initial consonant
Alliteration
The Wicked Witch of the West went her own way.
Anaphora
The repetition of the same word
Anaphora
This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty,
this seat of Mars
Apostrophe
Address to someone or something not present
Apostrophe
Oh ancestors, what would you say about this matter?
Asyndeton
Omission of conjunctions
Asyndeton
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Chiasmus
ABBA word order
Chiasmus
It is boring to eat; to sleep is fulfilling.
Enjambment
Delay of the final word or phrase of a sentence to the beginning of the
following line
Enjambment
I think I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.
Hyperbaton
Words that naturally belong to one another are separated for emphasis
or effect
Hyperbaton
Alone he walked on the cold, lonely roads.
Hyperbole
Exaggeration, emphatic overstatement
Hyperbole
Waves high as mountains broke over the reef.
Litotes
Deliberate understatement
Litotes
Jackie Robinsons breaking of baseball’s color barrier was no small
accomplishment.
Metaphor
A comparison in which one thing is said to be another
Metaphor
Henry was a lion on the battlefield.
Metonymy
One word closely related to another used to suggest the other word
Metonymy
The Crown had absolute power in the Middle Ages.
Onomatopoeia
The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe
Onomatopoeia
The burning crackled and hissed; now and again an owl hooted somewhere
in the darkness.
Personification
Giving human qualities to animals or objects
Personification
Love enfolded us in her arms.
Polysyndeton
Use of several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some
may be excessive
Polysyndeton
Marge and Susan and Anne and Daisy and Barry all planned to go for a
picnic.
Simile
Figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things
using like, as, or as though
Simile
He is like a mouse in front of the teacher.
Synchesis
Interlocked word order, ABAB
Synchesis
I run and shoot, fast and accurate.
Tmesis
Separation of one word into two parts (in Latin this is always the
separation of a compound word)
Tmesis
He shall be punished, what man so ever offended.