LINGUISTICS
Main article: Scheme (linguistics) accumulation: Summary of previous arguments in a forceful manner adnomination: Repetition of a word with a change in letter or sound alliteration : Series of words that begin with the same consonant or sound alike adynaton : hyperbole taken to such extreme lengths as to suggest a complete impossibility. anacoluthon : Change in the syntax within a sentence anadiplosis : Repetition of a word at the end of a clause at the beginning of another anaphora : Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses anastrophe : Inversion of the usual word order anticlimax : Arrangement of words in order of decreasing importance antimetabole : Repetition of words in successive clauses, in reverse order antistrophe: Repetition of the same word or phrase at the end of successive clauses (see epistrophe) antithesis : Juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas apho