Language conventions! I know there are a lot of them…but I’ll add definitions soon.

Words

Diction

Antimetabole

Polyptoton

Phallic/yonic Symbol - a representation of

• phallic - male symbol
• yonic - female symbol

Structure

Enjambment

Syntax

Polysyndeton

Asyndeton

Parallelism

Pronunciation

Alliteration

Assonance

Consonance

Sibilance

Cacophony

Euphony

Onomatopoeia

Words Order

Anaphora

Anadiplosis

Epistrophe

Refrain

Ideas

Repetition

Epizeuxis

Symbolism

Characterisation

Personification

Zoomorphism/anthropomorphism

Imagery

• tactile
• olfactory
• gustatory
• visual
• auditory

Irony

Comparisons

Metaphor

Simile

Idiom

Oxymoron

Paradox

Juxtaposition

Zoomorphism/anthropomorphism

Chremamorphism (opposite of personification)

Synecdoche - refer to something by its parts or parts by its whole (workers = hands of a company)

Metonymy - call something by a metaphor in close association (royal family=crown)

Allusion