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First Person
Telling a story from the point of view of "I" and "me"
Flashback
Referring to something that happened in the past.
Juxtaposition
making a strong contrast
Malapropism
Mistakenly using one word in place of another word that sounds similar.
Aphorism
Writing a short, smart, catchy statement.
Allusion
Referring to something outside the scope of the current story or situation
Euphemism
Finding a nicer way to describe something.
Paradox
creating a truth from two contradicting ideas
(ex. "it is only in the face of death that man's self is born")
Chiasmus
Reversing a phrase.
ex: "i work to live, not work to live"
Anaphora
Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause or sentence.
Imagery
Oxymoron
Connecting words that contradict one another.
Zoomorphism
bestowing animal qualities on a human being
Polysyndeton
using many conjunctions where one would normally be used (ex. "He was tired and sore and hungry)
Isocolon
Using phrase of equal length together
Metaphor
Making a comparison without the use of the word "as" or "like"
Consonance
Sequencing several words that start with the same consonant.
Metonymy
using a (usually simplerer) word or phrase to represent a related thing
(ex. comparing a plane to a piece of tin)
Tmesis
inserting a word in the middle of another word
(ex. un-freaking-believable)
Epistrophe
Repeating a word or phrase at the end of a clause or sentence.
Cumulative Sentence
Building up a sentence by adding a phrase and dependent clauses.
Assonance
Sequencing several words that start with the same vowel.
Synecdoche
using a part to represent a whole (ex. "Brandon spent 50,000 on a new set of wheels)
Anachronism
Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of a clause or sentence.
Asyndeton
Leaving out a conjunction where one would normally be used.