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.