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Syntactical Devices - Fjolla Qosaj - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices - Fjolla Qosaj
Anadiplosis
definition
: repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
example
: "And then again, we may never know exactly." "Exactly what?" (Lisle 33)
Anaphora
definition
: the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
example
: "The sun was low in the west when we arrived at the beach. The strong winds of that afternoon were dying. The air smelled of seaweed." (Lisle 29-30)
Antithesis
definition
: a contrast or opposition between two things
example
: "She just wasn't a gabber like some girls her age." (Lisle 22)
Asyndeton
definition
: omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses
example
: "Movies, magazines, computer games. All that stuff you buy at the mall." (Lisle 39)
Epanalepsis
definition
: repetition after intervening words
example
: "She held her head the same upright way her daughter did, and a wrinkle on her forehead was identical to one that rose on Marina's forehead in thoughtful moments." (Lisle 25)
Epistrophe
definition
: the repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
example
: "What does that mean? "It means just what it means." (Lisle 33)
Polysyndeton
definition
: using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
example
: "For a time we stood rooted in place, staring at the dead man, and at the pool of gray water he lay in, and at the gulls who floated on the incoming swells just offshore, watching our movements with cold yellow eyes."
(Lisle 19)