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Schemes of Balance

Front

parallelism, antithesis

Back

Isocolon

Front

Elements have similar structure and length (words, syllables); type of parallelism

Back

Climax

Front

arrangement of clauses in increasing importance

Back

Parallelism

Front

Structural similarities, organization to attract attention; adds emphasis or rhythm. .

Back

Alliteration

Front

repeated consonant sounds

Back

Schemes of Repetition

Front

assonance, alliteration, anaphora, climax, chiasmus, antimetabole

Back

Chiasmus

Front

grammatical figure in parallel clauses where word order is inverted in each other

Back

Asyndeton

Front

deliberate omission of conjunctions in a series of clauses; creates a hurried rhythm

Back

Polysyndeton

Front

deliberate overuse of conjunctions; slows rhythm for emphasis or to express flow

Back

Antimetabole

Front

type of chiasmus with exactly identical clauses but in reverse grammatical order

Back

Antithesis

Front

juxtaposition of contrasting ideas, usually in parallel structure

Back

Scheme

Front

figure of speech that transfers order; sentence construction for rhetoric, artful syntax

Back

Apposition

Front

a modifying phrase

Back

Schemes of Inverted Word Order

Front

anastrophe, parenthesis, apposition

Back

Anastrophe

Front

inversion of natural word order; Yoda-speak

Back

Assonance

Front

repeated similar vowel sounds

Back

Parenthesis

Front

disruptive insertion of phrases/clauses into a sentence; adds author's voice and emotion

Back

Schemes of Omission

Front

ellipsis, asyndeton, polysyndeton

Back

Anaphora

Front

repeated phrases at the start of successive clauses; adds strong emotion

Back

Ellipsis

Front

(...) omission of extraneous words in quotations; for concision's sake

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