Top Ten Useful Rhetorical Devices You Never Knew There Was An Actual Word For

"You mean that's called . . . ?!"

10.  metathesis

 9.  synecdoche

 8.  antistrophe

 7.  litotes

 6.  antistoecon [a technique familiar to G&S fans]

 5.  asyndeton

 4.  anthimeria ["Verbing weirds language."]

 3.  epenthesis ["Sax-a-ma-phone..."] / paragoge

 2.  chiasmus

 1.  zeugma

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