Alliteration - The repetition of the same consonant at the start of several words., Assonance - The repetition of sounds in a line or poem to reinforce a point., Hyperbaton - Separation of words which belong together., Juxtaposition - Two particularly emphatic words or phrases positioned next to or near each-other to illustrate a contrast or ideas / reinforce a theme etc, Antithesis - Two words which contrast each-other to emphasise polarised ideas., Polyptoton - Repetition of different forms / stems of the same root word, Anaphora - Repeating words or phrases, usually at the start of recurring lines or sentences / clauses to make a point / idea more emphatic., Asyndeton - Omitting a conjunction (e. g. "and" / "or") in a list. By this device a poet manages to rattle off a number of ideas very quickly., Ellipsis - Often words are omitted. This gives the remaining words / ideas more weight., Interjection - A dramatic comment or emotional expression – heu / ecce / ut fit – within a sentence., Tautology - Repetition of the same idea (e. g. “One for all and all for one”)., Allegory - Saying one thing and meaning another., Hyperbole - An over-exaggerated idea., Personification - The device of giving a human characteristic to an object, Tricolon - A set of three ideas within a sentence for added effect, particularly common on rhetoric.,

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