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syntactical devices Noah Yearwood - Coggle Diagram
syntactical devices Noah Yearwood
Antithesis
Definition: A contrast or opposition between two things
Example: "Must be the liquor Prohibition back in the 1920s you're interested in, rumrunners and hijackers, fast boats and dark nights.
Anadiplosis
Definition: Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
Example: " I might, he answered, And then again, we may never know exactly. Exactly what?"
Epistrophe
Definition: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
Example: "Had adventures. What adventure?" (pg 7)
Asyndeton
Definition: Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses
Example: "whiskey, vodka, brandy, even champagne- smuggled liquor." pg 10
Epanalepsis
Definition: Repetition after intervening words
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." ( pg 19)
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Example: " Maybe we shouldn't disturb anything. Maybe not not, I said, as squeamish as he was." pg 18
Polysyndeton
Definition: Using conjunctions in close succession, especially whee some would usually be omitted
Example: " Whatever Jeddy thought or felt, I understood and respected, and I'd step back and make allowances for it. (pg 13)