A rhetorical term for the repitition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Examples:

"I says, I says, I says"

a rhetorical term for the inversion of conventional word order

Examples:

"Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer."

A type of verbal play in which one word is used in two contrasting senses

Examples:

"People on the go...go for coke."

A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the words in reverse grammatical order

Examples:

(A-B-C, C-B-A)

A rhetorical term for the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses

Examples:

"Love is an ideal thing, marriage is a real thing"

A rhetorical term for a writing style that omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses(opposite of polysyndeton)

Examples:

"I have found the warm cares in the woods, filled them with skillets, carvings, shelves,silks."

A rhetorical term for a gradual increase in intensity of meaning with words arranged in ascending order of force or importance

Examples:

"Jeans that can lengthen legs, hug hips & turn heads"

A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first with the parts reversed

Examples:

"Nice to see you, to see you, nice!"

the omission of one or more words, which must be supplied by the listener or reader

Examples:

"Some people go to priests; others go to poetry; I to my friends."

A figure of speech in which a speaker corrects or comments on something he/she just said

Examples:

"With a heave of his chest, Croker rose and came walking--or, rather, limping--toward him."

Repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis, usually with no word in between

Examples:

"I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly."

A figure we use when by repeated questioning we accumulate points on a topic and enlarge upon its unattractive elements

Examples:

Dr. C: Why did you hire me?
Dr. H: Does it matter?
Dr. C: Kind of hard to work for a guy who doesn't respect you.
Dr. H: Why?

A succession of clauses or sentences of approximately equal length and corresponding structure

Examples:

"I'm a Pepper, he's a Pepper, she's a Pepper, we're a Pepper--
Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper, too? Dr. Pepper!"

Either or both of the upright curved lines, ( ), used to mark off explanatory or qualifying remarks in writing

Examples:

"My very photogenic mother died in a freak accident (picnic, lightning) when I was three."

a sentence style that employs many coordinating conjunctions (the opposite of asyndeton)

Examples:

"Let the whitefolks have their money and power"

To modify or govern two or more words although its use may be correct

Examples:

"She arrived in a taxi and a flaming rage."