syntactical
devices
Anadiplosis
"Books. Books! You mean
for high school next fall?
Ansydeton
"gardens plowed, hedges
pruned, lawns seeded."
Anaphora
"He usually keeps things on the level. He was just so afraid he'd be turned away. He wants to get this interview, needs to write this story. He allows the lie to stand."
Antithesis
A contrast or opposition between two things
Epistrophe
"Had adventures. What adventures?"
Polysyndeton
Omission of conjuctions that ordinarily join words or clauses
The repition of a word or phrase at the beginning of succesive clauses.
"Above it, swathed in a shawl of brown seaweed, a rubbery-looking shoulder peeked out, white as a girl's."
Repition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
The repition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
"Whatever Jeddy thought or felt, I understood and respected, and I'd step back and make allowences for it"
Using conjuctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
Epanalepsis
"We're going to be reporting this supposed body to the proper authorities..." "Supposed body!" Jeddy exclaimed."
Repitition after intervening words