Letters and Speeches

40747706	Figures of Speech	any artful deviation in thought or expression from the ordinary or simple
40747707	Schemes (form/shape)	deviation from ordinary pattern/arrangement of words
40747708	Function and Purpose	emphasis, clarity, persuasion, rhythm, pace, liveliness
40747709	Parallelism	words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs with structural similiarity so that elements of equal importance have equal development
40747710	Order of Importance	chronological, spatial, climatic
40747711	Antithesis	the placing of normally unassociated ideas or phrases - often used in parallel structure
40747712	Juxtaposition	placing together
40747713	Paradox	seemingly contradictory statement that contains a measure of truth
40747714	Oxymoron	two contradictory terms (condensed paradox)
40747715	Listing	series of items in a meaningful sequence
40747716	Transition/Segue	rhythmic movement from one subject to the next
40747717	Ellipsis (...)	omission of words with punctuation
40747718	Asyndeton	omission of conjunctions- it speeds up the rhythm of the sentence
40747719	Apposition/Appositive	inserting next to a noun a noun phrase that renames it
40747720	Parenthesis	inserting words syntactically unrelated to the sentence using a dash or parenthesis
40747721	Polysyndenton	inserting extra conjunctions in a sentence - it slows the rhythm
40747722	Anaphora	repetition of the same word(s) at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
40747723	Epistrophe	repetition of the same word(s) at the end of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences
40747724	Anadiplosis	repetition of the last word in a phrase, clause, or sentence as the first word in the next phrase, clause, or sentence
40747725	Chiasmus	repetition of words in successive clauses, in reverse grammatical order
42273986	Tropes (to turn)	deviation from ordinary significance or meaning of a word