Purposeful Run-on

Juxtaposition

Parallelism

Antithesis

Polysyndeton

Asyndeton

Ellipsis (NOT punctuation)

Repetition

Definition:

• a device in which words, sounds, phrases, and/or ideas are used more than once, usually for the purpose of enhancing rhythm or creating emphasis
  

Anaphora

Definition:

• the deliberate repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs.

Examples:

• "We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender." (Winston Churchill's speech, "We Shall Fight on the Beaches")
• "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget

  these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never." (Elie Wiesel, Night, page 34)
  

Epistrophe

Rhetorical Fragment

Rhetorical Question

Chiasmus