alliteration repetition of the same initial consonant sound throughout a line of verse "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought...."(Sonnet XXX) anadiplosis the repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next "My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain."I (Richard Ill,V,iii) anaphora repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses "Mad world!Mad kings!Mad composition!"(King John,II,i) anthimeria substitution of one part of speech for another "I'll unhair thy head."(Antony and Cleoptra,Il.v) antithesis juxtaposition,or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction "Not that I loved Caesar less,but that I loved Rome more."(Julius Caesar,III, i训 assonance repetition or similarity of the same internal vowel sound in words of close proximity "Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks."(Romeo and Juliet,V,iii) asyndeton omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases,clauses,or words "Are all thy conquests,glories,triumphs,spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?"(Julius Caesar,III,i) chiasmus two corresponding pairs arranged in a parallel inverse order "Fair is foul,and foul is fair"(Macbeth,I,i) diacope repetition broken up by one or more intervening words "Put out the light,and then put out the light."(Othello,V,ii) ellipsis omission of one or more words.which are assumed by the listener or reader "And he to England shall along with you."(Hamlet,III,iii)alliteration repetition of the same initial consonant sound throughout a line of verse "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought...." (Sonnet XXX) anadiplosis the repetition of a word that ends one clause at the beginning of the next "My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain." 1 (Richard III, V, iii) anaphora repetition of a word or phrase as the beginning of successive clauses "Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition!" (King John, II, i) anthimeria substitution of one part of speech for another "I'll unhair thy head." (Antony and Cleoptra, II, v) antithesis juxtaposition, or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." (Julius Caesar, III, ii) assonance repetition or similarity of the same internal vowel sound in words of close proximity "Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks." (Romeo and Juliet, V, iii) asyndeton omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words "Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?" (Julius Caesar, III, i) chiasmus two corresponding pairs arranged in a parallel inverse order "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" (Macbeth, I, i) diacope repetition broken up by one or more intervening words "Put out the light, and then put out the light." (Othello, V, ii) ellipsis omission of one or more words, which are assumed by the listener or reader "And he to England shall along with you." (Hamlet, III, iii)