Rhetorical Devices

Antithesis

Juxtaposition of contrasting words to give balance

Asyndeton

Lack of conjunctions between phrases, clauses, or words

Rhetorical question

Question in which answer is implied

Anaphora

Repetition of a word at BEGINNING of clause

Antistrophe

Repetition of a word at END of clause

Polysendeton

Repetition of conjunctions between phrases, clauses, or words

Antimetabole

Repetition of words in reverse order

Parallelism

Series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form

Inversion

The reversal of the normal order of words

Anadiplosis

Word at end of sentence is repeated near beginning of next sentence