Bulllinger’s classification system for Biblical figures

First Division. FIGURES INVOLVING OMISSION

    I.      Affecting words

    II.      Affecting the sense

Second Division. FIGURES INVOLVING ADDITION

    I.      Affecting words

    II.      Affecting the sense, by way of
      1.      Repetition
      2.      Amplification
      3.      Description
      4.      Conclusion
      5.      Interposition
      6.      Reasoning

Third Division. FIGURES INVOLVING CHANGE

    I.      Affecting the meaning and usage of words

    II.      Affecting the order and arrangement of words

    III.      Affecting the application of words, as to
      1.      Sense
      2.      Persons
      3.      Subject-matter
      4.      Time
      5.      Feeling
      6.      Reasoning

Ethelbert William Bullinger, Figures of Speech Used in the Bible (London; New York: Eyre & Spottiswoode; E. & J. B. Young & Co., 1898), xvii.