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Syntactical Devices-Giulia Prestia - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices-Giulia Prestia
Anadiplosis
Repetition of the final words of a sentence or at the beginning of the next.
"'And then again, we never know exactly.' 'Exactly what?'" (pg.33)
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
"Her coat and hat hung on the hook in the hall hall, as if she'd only stepped out for a moment. Her wedding china was on display in the parlor cabinet. Her sheet music sat on the piano." (pg. 14)
Antithesis
A contrast or opposition between two things.
"Though he was short, far shorter than my father, his meaty chest gave him the hunched look of a bulldog." (pg.49)
Asyndeton
Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
"His dad is a hands-on guy who measures industry by what he can see: gardens plowed, hedges pruned, lawns seeded." (pg.39)
Epanalepsis
Repetition after intervening words.
"Only later in my room, thinking back to the men onshore, men I knew and respected and who knew and trusted me, I began to have second thoughts." (pg.55)
Epistrophe
The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
"'Were close at one time. Had adventures.' 'What adventures?' David asks." (pg.7)
Polysyndeton
Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
"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)