Stylistic devices

An ellipsis is...

• an omission of some parts of the sentence

• synonymous replacement

• gradation of emphatic elements

• repetition of consonant sounds

A tautology is...

• back gradation

• repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a sequence of words

• needless repetition of the same sense in different words

• repetition of the first few words

Anaphora means...

• repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a sequence of words

• unusual front position for emphasis

• repetition of the first few words

• a thing or a concept personified

Assonance is...

• imitating sounds

• repetition of stressed vowels

• reversal of contrasts

• comparison without the word "like"

Onomatopoeia means...

• repetition of consonants

• reversal of contrasts

• imitating sounds

• exaggeration