Acromonogram

- to strengthen the idea of equal logical importance of connected components;
- to emphasise the simultaneity of actions or close connection of properties enumerated, or to promote a high flown tonality of a narrative.
Punis a play of words based on polysemy or homonymy. In other words, pun is based on the interaction of two well-known meanings of a word or the interplay of word or word combination that sound the same.
e.g. Her real name is Marples. I call her Marbles for a joke. If she ever moves or retires, I’ll be able to say I’ve lost my Marbles. (D. Lodge)
“I have this fabulous idea for a kind of English Twin Peaks”. “What is it?’ I said, averting my eyes from her own twin peaks”. (D. Lodge)
Pun is used:
- to produce humorous effect;
- to make the two meanings more conspicuous or set a contrast between them.
Simileis an imaginative comparison that shows partial identity of two objects belonging to two different classes.
e.g. I felt like an amputated leg. (R. Chandler)
Simile is used:
- to characterise the given objects or phenomena;
- to create an image;
- to bring out unexpected, striking similarities of different objects.
Repetitionis recurrence of the same element (word or phrase) within the sentence.
e.g.
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up…
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance…
A time to love, and a time to speak; a time of war and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes
In much wisdom is much grief, and whoever increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Ecclesiastes
Afterwards I thought I might have heard the swish of a sap. Maybe you always think that - afterwards. (P. Auster)
She looked beyond the frightened pensioners, the girls who looked like women, the women who looked like men, the men who looked like psychos. (Tony Parsons)
It is used:
- for emphasis or for a special effect (e.g. intensifying the duration of the process);
- to attract the reader’s attention to the key-word of the utterance;
- to give rhythm to the utterance.