Superlative (the best ie big, bigger, biggest ) Metaphor Extended metaphor Simile Anecdotes Adverb Fronted adverbial - used to explain how, where or when something happened; they are like adverbs made up of more than one word. Personification senses Adjectives Onomatopoeia Alliteration Triplets Semantic field Rhetorical question Repetition Sibilance Pathetic phallacy Dramatic irony Oxymoron Symbolism Powerful verbs Imperative Superlative (the best ie big, bigger, biggest ) Hyperbole (exaggeration) Assonance Irony Fragment Short, emphatic sentence Simple/compound/complex sentences Paradox two or more facts or qualities which seem to contradict each other. Euphemism Pun Fronted adverbials or conjunctions Anaphora is the repetition of a certain word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines of writing or speech. Epistrophe is the repetition of one or more words at the end of a phrase, clause, verse, or sentence. This type of rhetorical device is also referred to as "epiphora."