Style/Syntax Terms Anadiplosis-Zeumga
Polysyndeton
deliberate use of many conjunctions
Synecdoche
figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole
Anastrophe
inversion of the natural or usual word order
Asyndeton
omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words
Antithesis
opposition, or contrast, of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.
Epanalepsis
repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning of the clause
Anadiplosis
repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause
Epistrophe
repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses
Chiasmus
reversal of grammatical structures in successive clauses that creates irony. Usually ab, ba pattern.
Ellipsis
the deliberate omission of a word or of words readily implied by the context
Zeugma Example
"[They] covered themselves with dust and glory."
Zeugma
A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in a different sense
Metonymy
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty")
Synecdoche example
All hands on deck
Epistrophe example
"I'll have my bond! Speak not against my bond! I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond!" (The Merchant of Venice, III, iii, 3-4)
Metonymy example
"In your hand, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of our course."
Chiasmus example
By day the frolic, and the dance by night
Epanalepsis example
Common sense is not so common.
Anastrophe example
Excited the children were when Santa entered the room.
Litotes example
He is no saint
Anadiplosis example
Labor and care are rewarded with success, success produces confidence, confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which diligence had raised.
Assonance example
Men sell the wedding bells
Asyndeton example
On his return he received medals, honors, treasures, titles, fame.
Assonance
Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
Ellipsis example
The average person thinks he isn't.
Malapropism example
The doctor wrote a subscription.
Malapropism
The use of an incorrect word in place of a similar sounding word that results in a nonsensical and humorous expression
Litotes
Understatement, especially that in which an affirmative idea is expressed by the negative of its contrary
Polysyndeton example
We lived and laughed and loved and left.
Antithesis example
better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.
