Literary Devices

3. two corresponding pairs arranged in inverted order (a-b-b-a)
4. substitution of one word for another which it suggests
7. lack of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words
10. transposition of normal word order in the case of prepositions and the words they govern.
12. understanding one thing with another; the use of a part for the whole, or the whole for the part
13. exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect
15. the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines.
18. attribution of personality to an impersonal thing
20. the anticipation, in adjectives or nouns, of the result of the action of a verb
21. use of two words connected by a conjunction, instead of subordinating one to the other, to express a single complex idea

1. an explicit comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'
2. repetition of the same sound in words close to each other
5. implied comparison achieved through a figurative use of words
6. two different words linked to a verb or an adjective which is strictly appropriate to only one of them; using a verb in the same sentence with its different meanings.
8. understatement, for intensification, by denying the contrary of the thing being affirmed.
9. interlocked word order. (a-b-a-b)
10. a sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present
11. separation of words which belong together, often to emphasize the first of the separated words or to create a certain image.
14. opposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction.
15. use of an older or obsolete form.
16. use of words to imitate natural sounds
17. the repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses
19. repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.