Definition both principle parts of a sentence. Metaphor Transference of meaning Break (antosiopesis) Intentional break in the based on similarity narrative. between the compared objects Metonymy The transference of Climax / anticlimax The arrangement of the meaning based on sentence or may be parts of contiguity; the sentence that secures a gradual increase in the significance, importance, emotional tension or sizes or other criteria. Synecdoche A part of smth is used to Inversion the displacement of the refer to the whole predicate or of secondary members of the sentence and their shift to the front, opening position in the sentence. A deliberate exaggeration Anaphora a type of repetition when Hyperbole/ of an object repeated word comes at the understatement beginning of 2 or more sentences. Litotes is expressing an idea by Epiphora The repetition of a word at the means of negating the end of every line or clause opposite idea. Irony The use of words to convey Framing The beginning of the sentence the opposite of their literal is repeated in the end meaning; What is said is opposite to what is implied Epithet SD based on the interplay Catch repetition The end of one clause is emotive and logic meaning (anadiplosis) repeated in the beginning of in an attributive the following one word/phrase Oxymoron A combination of 2 words Chain repetition Presents several successive whose waning clash anadiplosis because they’re opposed in sense Zeugma The use of a word in the Ordinary repetition Has no definite place in the same grammatical but sentence and the repeated unit different semantic relations occurs in various positions to two adjacent words in the context. Simile One thing is likened to A string of closely following another in such way as to Successive repetition each other reiterated units clarify, to enhance the image (like, as, as-as, as- though.) Antonomasia the use of a common name Parallel constructions The repetition of the whole as a proper name and vice (parallelism) structure of the sentence. versa. (syntactical pattern ) Chiasmus Chiasmus is a kind of Detachment a stylistic device based on parallelism (reverse singling out a secondary parallelism) in which the member of the sentence with word order followed in the the help of punctuation first phrase or clause is (intonation) inverted in the second. Antithesis A structure consisting of Polysyndeton is a stylistic device in which two steps, the lexical several coordinating meanings of which are conjunctions are used in opposite to each other succession in order to achieve an artistic effect. Semantically Variety of zeugma Asyndeton offers no conjunctions or false chain consisting of a number of connecting words. homogenous members, semantically disconnected, but attached to the same verb. Suspense Deliberate postponement of Attachment a syntactical stylistic device the completion of the based on the deliberate sentence separation of the second part of the utterance from the first one by a full stop. Periphrasis The use of longer phrasing Pun A form of wordplay which in place of a possible suggest 2 or more shorter and plainer form of interpretations, by exploiting expression multiple meanings of words or phrases for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect Onomatopoeia The use of words whose Slang A language of highly sounds imitate those of the colloquial type, very informal signified language that is usually spoken rather than written, used especially by particular groups of people: Alliteration The repetition of Jargon special words and phrases that consonants usually in the are used by particular groups beginning of words. of people, especially in their work Assonance The repetition of similar Terms a word or expression used in vowels usually in stressed relation to a particular subject, syllables. often to describe something official or technical Euphony A sense of ease and Graphon Intentional violation of the comfort in pronouncing or graphical shape of words used hearing to reflect its authentic pronounciation, to recreate the individual and social peculiarities of the speaker