Acoloutha: Reciprocal substitution of words.

Accismus: Feigned refusal of that which is desired.

Accumulatio: Drawing points into a powerful climax.

Acutezza: The use of wit or wordplay.

Acyron: Using a word opposite to what is meant.

Adianoeta: Expression that has second, subtle meaning.

Adjunction: Putting the verb at the beginning.

Adynaton: Exaggerated declaration of impossibility.

Asteismos: Polite expression of emotion.

Aetiologia: A statement with a supporting cause.

Affirmatio: Speaking as if one's point is disputed.

Aganactesis: Indignant exclamation.

Allegory: Narrative using sustained metaphor.

Alleotheta: Substituting one thing for another.

Allusion: Indirect reference.

Alliteration: Repetition of same initial sound.

Ambage: See Periphrasis.

Amphibology: Ambiguity in grammar.

Amphilogy: Circumlocution to avoid harm to oneself.

Ampliatio: Using a name where it is not defined.

Amplificatio: General enhancement of an argument.

Anabasis: Stepwise increase in emphasis.

Anacephalaeosis: Summary of known facts.

Anacoenosis: Asking opinion of audience to gain agreement.

Anacoloutha: Non-reciprocal word substitution.

Anacoluthon: Ending a sentence different to expectation.

Anacrusis: Unstressed syllables at the start.

Anadiplosis: Repeating last word at start of next sentence.

Analogy: A is like B. Using one thing to describe another.

Anamnesis: Emotional recall.

Anangeon: Justification based on necessity.

Anaphora: Repeating initial words.

Anapodoton: Omitting clause for deliberate effect.

Anastrophe: Changing normal word order.

Anesis: Adding a conclusion that reduces what was said.

Antanaclasis: Repeating same word, with meaning change.

Antanagoge: Being positive about something negative.

Anthimeria: Substituting one part of speech for another.

Antilogy: See Antanaclasis.

Antimetabole: repeating clause, reversing word order.

Anthypophora: Asking then answering your own questions.

Antiphrasis: Using words in contrary sense for irony.

Antiptosis: Two logical, but contradicting, arguments.

Antirhesis: Rejecting bad argument.

Antisthecon: Replacing one word element.

Antistrophe: Repeating the final word in successive phrases.

Antithesis: Contrasting with opposite.

Antonomasia: Naming a person with other than their given name.

Apcope: Omitting letters from the end of a word.

Aphaeresis: Omitting letters from the start of a word.

Aphorismus: Questioning the meaning of a word.

Apophasis: Talking about something without mentioning it.

Aporia: Feigned doubt.

Aposiopesis: Not completing a sentence.

Apostrophe: An 'aside', to others.

Apposition: Layered meaning.

Archaism: Using out-of-date language.

Assonance: Repeating the same vowel sound.

Asterismos: Adding a word to emphasize following words.

Asyndeton: Omitting conjunctions.

Aureation: The use of fancy words.

Autoclesis: introducing an item by refusing to discuss it.

Auxesis: Enhancement of importance.

Bdelygmia: Expression of contempt or hatred.

Bomphiologia: Bombastic, bragging speech.

Brachyology: Condensed expression.

Brevitas: Concise expression.

Cacemphaton: Deliberately ill-sounding expression.

Cacophony: Harsh combination of words.

Catabasis: Steadily decreasing emphasis.

Catachresis: Using words incorrectly.

Cataphora: Using a word to refer to a word used later.

Categoria: Directly exposing another's faults.

Chiasmus: Two phrases, with reversal in second.

Cledonism: Circumlocution to avoid saying unlucky words.

Climax: Words ordered in ascending power.

Congeries: see Accumulatio.

Consonance: Repeating consonant sounds.

Correctio: Correction to revise meaning.

Crasis: Contraction of two vowels into a longer sound.

Diacope: Repeating word after one or two other words.

Diallage: Multiple arguments to establish a single point.

Distinctio: Describing something by saying what it is not.

Dubitatio: See Aporia.

Dysphemism: Substituting a mild word with a stronger one.

Dysrhythmia: Breaking of a rhythmic pattern.

Dystmesis: Inserting one word into the middle of another.

Ecphonesis: Short exclamation.

Ellipsis: omission of words that would make a sentence explicit.

Enallage: Substituting one item for another.

Enjambment: Breaking a phrase at an odd point.

Enumeratio: Breaking down and detailing a subject.

Epanalepsis: Repeating the same phrase at start and end.

Epanados: Repeating words in the reverse order.

Epanorthosis: In-sentence correction.

Epenthesis: Adding letters to the middle of a word.

Epistrophe: Repetition of the same final word or phrase.

Epitrope: Conceding in order to gain.

Epizeuxis: Repetition of a word with vehemence.

Erotema: Rhetorical question.

Ethopoeia: Putting oneself in the position of another.

Euche: Expressing emotion through prayer.

Euphemism: Substituting offensive words with gentle ones.

Eusystolism: Use of initials to avoid speaking harsh words.

Exemplum: Using examples (real or fictitious).

Exergasia: Restating a point in different words.

Extraposition: Putting a subject at a later position than normal.

Fictio: Attributing of human traits to creatures.

Glossolalia: Fabricated, meaningless speech.

Gradation: See Climax.

Hendiadys: Two words, connected by conjunction.

Heterosis: Changing the form of the verb.

Homoioteleuton: similar endings in adjacent or parallel words.

Homophone: Different words that sound the same.

Hypallage: Reversing syntactical relationship.

Hyperbaton: Separating words that belong together.

Hyperbole: Deliberate over-exaggeration.

Hypocatastasis: Implied comparison.

Hypocorism: Use of pet names, diminutives, baby talk.

Hypophora: see Anthypophora.

Hypotaxis: Subordination of clauses to show relationships.

Hypozeuxis: Every clause having its own subject and verb.

Hysteron proteron: Reversing temporal sequence to put key things first.

Illeism: Referring to oneself in the third person.

Inclusio: Bracketing a passage with the same words.

Innuendo: Oblique allusion.

Irony: Saying something by using its opposite.

Isocolon: Phrases with multiple similarities.

Kenning: Replacing noun with circumlocutory mythologising.

Kolakeia: Flattery to distract from unwanted elements.

Litotes: Denying the contrary of what it being affirmed.

Malapropism: replacing a word with one that sounds similar.

Meiosis: Understatement for emphasis or effect.

Merism: Combining words for meaning beyond normal combination.

Merismos: Complete description or reference.

Metalepsis: Referencing something through a weakly associated item.

Metaphor: A is B. Using one thing to describe another.

Metaplasmus: Deliberate misspelling.

Metathesis: Rearranging letters in a word.

Metonymy: Using one item to represent another.

Narratio: Presenting essential facts.

Nosism: Referring to oneself in the plural.

Oeonismos: Expressing emotion through wishing or hoping.

Optatio: Exclaiming a wish.

Oxymoron: Adjacent words that seem to contradict one another.

Parachesis: Repeating the same sound in successive words.

Paradeigma: Listing examples to create generalization.

Paradiastole: Portraying a vice as a virtue.

Paradox: Seeming contradiction.

Paraeneticon: Expressing emotion through exhortation.

Paralipsis: Emphasis by obvious omission.

Parallelism: Repeated patterns in a sentence.

Paraprosdokian: Surprising ending.

Parataxis: Successive independent clauses.

Paregmenon: Repetition of words of the same root.

Parenthesis: Nesting sentences.

Parisology: Deliberate use of ambiguous words.

Parison: Matching patterns across structures.

Parisosis: Same number of syllables in a clause.

Paroemion: Excessive alliteration.

Paromoiosis. Similar sounds across two clauses.

Paronomasia: Using similarly sounding words.

Parrhesia: Boldness of speech.

Periphrasis: Roundabout wording.

Perissologia: Excessive use of words.

Personification: Giving an object human characteristics.

Pleonasm: Using unnecessary words.

Ploce: Repetition of a word whilst varying specificity.

Polyptoton: Repetition of a word in different forms.

Polysyndeton: Repeating conjunctions.

Polyptoton: Repetition in different forms.

Praecisio: Not speaking to get over the message.

Praegnans constructio: See Brachyology.

Praeteritio: Mentioning something that is against the rules.

Procatalepsis: Answering objections in advance.

Prolepsis: Anticipation of action.

Proparalepsis: Adding letters to the end of a word.

Prosthesis: Prefixing letters to the beginning of a word.

Proverb: An encapsulated and unquestioned wisdom.

Psittacism: parrot-like repetition.

Pun: A play on words.

Repetitio: Repeating a single word.

Rhyme: Repeating sounds at end of words.

Scesis onamaton: Omitting the only verb.

Sententia: Quoting wisdom to create truth.

Simile: Explicit comparison between two things.

Spoonerism: Interchange of initial letters of two words.

Subreption: Phrasing words to misrepresent and concealing facts.

Syllepsis: See Zeugma.

Symploce: Simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.

Synaloepha: Omitting one vowel to combine two words.

Synchysis: Confused arrangement of words.

Syncope: Shortening word by omitting middle segment.

Syndeton: Use of conjunctions.

Synecdoche: Understanding one thing with another.

Synesis: Unifying things.

Synizesis: Successively sounded vowels.

Synonymia: Repeating synonyms for amplification.

Tapinosis: Downplaying and reducing something.

Tautology: Repeating meaning, unnecessarily.

Tmesis: Inserting a word in the middle of another.

Transumptio: See Metalepsis.

Tricolon: Three components, increasing power.

Zeugma: Two words linked to another, only one appropriately.