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Syntactical Devices (Ajvalia) - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices (Ajvalia)
Anadoplosis
Example
Page 33 - "I might', he answered.' And then again, we may never know exactly." "Exactly what happened."
Definition
Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
Asyndeton
Example
Page 10 - "whiskey, vodka, brandy, even champagne- smuggled liquor"
Definition
Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
Epistrophe
Example
Page 6 - "The man closes up. won't even make eye contact. He says his heart's acting funny and he's got to take a pill. Five hitched home this time rather than wait for his mother. He's touched on something, he knows it."
Definition
The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
Anaphora
Example
Page 5 - "I wasn't in it. You weren't? David frowns. I heard you were. I wasn't."
Definition
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Polysyndeton
Example
Page 12 - "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 smoked ham or an apple pie."
Definition
Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
Epanalepsis
Example
Page 33 - "There wasn't anything 'supposed' about this body!' Jeddy said. I saw he was losing his temper. There wasn't much good that could come from that."
Definition
Repetition after intervening words.
Antithesis
Example
Page 11 - "I shrugged and gazed across the water to where the lighthouse was standing up on its rock, high and white as truth itself."
Definition
A contrast or opposition between two things.