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Figure of speech that relies on the structure and syntax of sentences
In rhetoric , a scheme is a type of figure of speech that relies on the structure of the sentence, unlike the trope , which plays with the meanings of words.[ 1]
A single phrase may involve both a trope and a scheme, e.g., may use both alliteration and allegory .
Structures of balance [ edit ] Parallelism – The use of similar structures in two or more clauses
Isocolon – Use of parallel structures of the same length in successive clausesTricolon – Use of three parallel structures of the same length in independent clauses and of increasing powerAntithesis – The juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideasClimax – The arrangement of words in order of increasing importanceChanges in word order [ edit ] Anastrophe – Inversion of the usual word orderParenthesis – Insertion of a clause or sentence in a place where it interrupts the natural flow of the sentenceApposition – The placing of two elements side by side, in which the second defines the firstEllipsis – Omission of wordsAsyndeton – Omission of conjunctions between related clausesBrachylogia – Omission of conjunctions between a series of wordsAlliteration – A series of words that begin with the same letter or sound alikeAnaphora – The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clausesAnadiplosis – Repetition of a word at the end of a clause at the beginning of anotherAntanaclasis – Repetition of a word in two different sensesAntimetabole – Repetition of words in successive clauses, in reverse orderAssonance – The repetition of vowel sounds, most commonly within a short passage of verseAsyndeton – Lack of conjunctionsChiasmus – Reversal of grammatical structures in successive clausesClimax – Repetition of the scheme anadiplosis at least three times, with the elements arranged in an order of increasing importanceEpanalepsis – Repetition of the initial word or words of a clause or sentence at the end of the clause or sentenceEpistrophe – The counterpart of anaphoraConsonance – The repetition of consonant sounds without the repetition of the vowel soundsPolyptoton – Repetition of words derived from the same rootPolysyndeton – Repetition of conjunctionsSymploce – Combination of anaphora and epistrophe
