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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or lines
Ex: "I Have a Dream" (by Martin Luther King) |
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Arrangement of words, phrases, or clauses in an order of ascending power; often the last emphatic word in one phrase or clause is repeated as the first emphatic word of the next
Ex: One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
(by Ulysses Tennyson) |
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Deliberate omission of a word or of words which are readily implied by the context
Ex: Red light means stop; a green light, go. |
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When you understate an idea in order to convey the opposite idea
Ex: Einstein is not a bad mathematician |
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The repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses
Ex: “And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and battle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” |
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Understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part
Ex: The U.S. Won three gold medals. (Instead of, The members of the U.S. Boxing team won three gold medals.) |
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