Accumulation  Accumulating arguments in a concise forceful manner. Alliteration  The use of words that begin with the same consonnant sound. Anticlimax  An outcome that is strikingly less important or dramatic than expected. Assonance  Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighbouring words. Hyperbaton An inversion in the arrangement of common words. Hyperbole An extravagant statement, … Continue reading The main figures of speech