Hibbs Rhetorical Devices

265191940	Allusion	An indirect reference to something with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.
265191942	Analogy	A comparison to a directly parallel case.
265191949	Colloquial language	Ordinary or familiar type of conversation.
265191957	Euphemism	A more agreeable or less offensive substitute for generally unpleasant words or concepts.
265191959	Hyperbole	Exaggeration
265191960	Metaphor	Making an implied comparision, not using "like," "as," or other such words.
265191961	Simile	Using words such as "like" or "as" to make a direct comparison between two very different things.
265191964	Invective	An emotional violent, verbal denunciation or attack using strong, abusive language.
265191968	Paradox	A seemingly contradictory statement which is actually true.
265191970	Anaphora	Repetition or a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row.
265191975	Sarcasm	A generally bitter comment that is ironically worded.
265191976	Satire	A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of life to a humorous effect.
265191977	Balanced sentence	One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.
265191986	Understatement	the ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is.
265191988	Apophasis	To mention by not mentioning
265191989	Chiasmus	inverted relationship between the syntactic elements of parallel phrases
266255215	Synecdoche	A whole is represented by naming one of its parts
266255533	Syllepsis	When a single word that governs or modifies two or more others must be understood differently with respect to each of those words.
268637220	Alliteration	Repetition of initial vowel or consonant sound
268637221	Pun	A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
268776312	Parody	A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule.