Language

• Asyndeton

  
  

  Absence of conjunction between parts of sentence.

  e.g. I came, I saw, I conquered.
• Polysyndeton


  Coordinating conjunctions used several times in close succession

  E.g. My teacher gave me math homework and science homework and reading homework and a project to complete!
• Tricolons


  Series of 3 words/phrases/clauses usually in parallel form

  E.g. We watched the confetti fall from the sky, skip across the ground, and tumble into the canal.
• Chiasmus


  Reversal of grammatical phrase in next sentence without repetition of words.

  E.g. She has all my love. My heart belongs to her.
• Synechdoche


  Part of something used to refer to whole thing

  E.g. Saying "England" when watching cricket = "English Cricket Team"
• Parenthetical phrase


  word or phrase that is not essential to the rest of the sentence, but it isn’t necessarily unimportant. It only means it doesn’t affect the sentence’s grammatical structure.

  E.g. The blue whale, the biggest animal in the world, swims beneath the ocean's surface.
• Apostrophe


  Character addresses a subject not literally present in literary work

  E.g. Love, who needs you?
• Semantic Field


  Set of words related in meaning
• Anaphora


  Repeating sequence of words at beginning of neighbouring clauses

  E.g. I'm sick and tired of you letting me down. I'm sick and tired of you making me made.
• Epistrophe


  Repeating sequence of words at end of neighbouring clauses

  E.g. If you ever need me, I'll be there. Call me whenever and I'll be there
• Anadiplosis


  Repetition of final word from last clause at start of new clause.

  E.g. The road was challenging, challenging but filled with hope.
• Anastrophe


  Inverted word order.

  E.g. All these words I don't just say
• Parallel Syntax


  Using repetitve/similar pattern in grammatical structure of words in adjacent clause

  E.g. She wants to sing, she wants to act, she wants to dance
• Polyptoton


  Repetition of words derived from same root

  E.g. Live your life
• Antimetabole


  Phrase repeated with order of words reversed

  E.g. You like it, it likes you
• Antithesis


  Juxtaposition of two opposing elements through the parallel grammatical structure

  E.g. Go big or go home
• Juxtaposition


  Two entities placed side by side to create dramatic/ironic contrast

  E.g. Some may come at night and some during the day but all will come what come may