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Syntactical Devices - Charlize Zhang - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices - Charlize Zhang
Polysyndeton
Definition: Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be emitted.
Example: (pg 19) "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."
Antithesis
Definition: A contrast or opposition between two things
Example: (pg 53) "They were local men from local families with a need to make ends meet during hard times, different altogether from the big-city syndicates that were beginning to bully their way into the business at the time."
Anadiplosis
Definition: Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line
at the beginning of the next.
Example: (pg. 33) "'And then again, we may never know exactly.' Exactly what?'"
Epanalepsis
Definition: Repetition after intervening words
Example: (pg 56) "The Coast Guard cutter that fired on the Black Duck last Sunday, killing three men, gave a clear signal for the vessel to stop and surrender according to D.W. Hingle, commander of the Newport Coast Guard Station."
Epistrophe
Definition: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
Example: (pg 24) "At home my father loomed large in my sight, and whatever was talked about, whatever was thought, seemed to revolve around him. Often it had to do with the store, where I worked most afternoons; though never hard enough to please him."
Asyndeton
Definition: Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses
Example: (pg 46) "I'd been cooped up for years, or so it seemed, following directions and doing what was right, living up to expectations that were somebody else's."
Anaphora
Definition: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Example: (pg 12) "He was a big man with a big personality, known for speaking his mind in a moment of heat, but there was nothing underhanded in him. He dealt fair and square no matter who you were, and often he was more than fair... He wouldn't take any thanks for it either, which is why my mother would find a couple of fresh-caught bluefish on our front porch some mornings, or a slab of smoke ham or an apple pie."