Tropes and Schemes AP English
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| 201690417 | polysyndeton | use of a conjunction between each word (opposite of asyndeton) | |
| 201690418 | asyndeton | ommitting conjunctions between each word | |
| 201690419 | appositive | a noun used to identify or rename another noun | |
| 201690420 | anadiplosis | repeats the last word of the sentence at the or near the beginning of the next | |
| 201690421 | ellipsis | taking something out of a sentence and replacing it with ... | |
| 201690422 | alliteration | reoccurence of initial consonant sounds, use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | |
| 201690423 | antimetabole | reversing the order of repeated words | |
| 201690424 | assonance | similar vowel sounds repeated in successive words | |
| 201690425 | climax | arranging words in the order of increasing importance | |
| 201690426 | antithesis | establishes a clear contrasing relationship between two ideas by joining them together | |
| 201690427 | zeugma | links 2 or more parts of speech by another part of speech | |
| 201690428 | epistrophe | repitition of the words at the end of sentences | |
| 201690429 | anaphora | repitition of the words at the beginning of sentences | |
| 201690430 | parenthesis | a message that departs from the main subject | |
| 201690431 | parallellism | adds balance and rhythem and clarity |