The twenty-four (24) rhetorical devices are listed below. These were identified for their ability to persuade, some of which are also structural devices:
Absence—Applies to chiasms and parallel symmetries; the missing element is significant.
Amplification—Often applies to immediate repetitions; the second part embellishes the first.
Center point—Applies to all structures, often an X; a place of emphasis or turning point.
Closing summary—A concluding emphasis at or near the end of a literary unit.
Comparison—Two elements or sequences with similar themes.
Contrast—Two corresponding elements or sequences with opposing themes.
Correlation of sequences—Applies to chiasms and parallel symmetries; A-B-C vs. A'-B'-C'.
Corresponding elements—A comparison or contrast to a conjugate pair.
Extra—Applies to chiasms and parallel symmetries; the pair to the missing is significant.
First/first—Applies to parallel symmetries; an emphasis in the two A elements.
First/last—Applies to chiasms; an emphasis in the two A elements.
Frame—The repetition of a theme that surrounds a structure; may be emphatic.
Imperative—An element with an imperative verb that indicates a strong directive or command.
Intensification—An escalation of themes from beginning to end, or outside to middle.
Interjection—The word behold which points to important words that follow.
Last/last—Applies to parallel symmetries; an emphasis in the last conjugate pair.
Link—A connection of the emphasis from an OT literary unit to a NT literary unit.
Opening summary—An introductory emphasis at or near the beginning of a literary unit.
Parenthesis—Sometimes emphatic annotation of text, it explains related information.
Question—Those queries which cause the reader or listener to slow down and reflect.
Repetition—A restatement of the same words or theme.
Substructure summary—An emphasis at the beginning or end of a substructure.
Transposition—Applies to chiasms and parallel symmetries, a relocation of an element.
Variation—One element in the pairing is significantly different than the other(s).