By Phrase
I have heard how hedgehogs hog the hedge.
Alliteration
When words with opposing definitions are used together to create contradictory phrases that, while at first seem nonsensical, actually are sharply observant or incisive.
Taylor Swift often uses this, such as in "Style," where she describes a "midnight sky" that "whispers".
The bells went ding.
Onomatopoeia
When two opposing thoughts or ideas are presented side by side to highlight their differences.
Juxtaposition
The show The Office uses situational ______ frequently, often to highlight a character's foolishness.
Irony
A parson was laboring over the crest of the hill and coming toward them with one hand raised in blessing, greeting, fending flies.
Asyndeton
When a word is deliberately omitted from a sentence to achieve a specific effect. This can be done with or without the use of ______, which are three dots like this “...”
Ellipsis
Justin Timberlake uses the ______ in his song "Cry me a river" to exaggerate to prove his point.
Hyperbole
“’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.”
Cacophony
The repetition and/or reversal of words or grammatical structure across two phrases.
Chiasmus
JFK’s famous "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country".
Antimetabole