Syntactical Devices Serra

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Antithesis

Anaphora

Ephistophe

Polysyndeton

Anadiplosis

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"'And then again, we may never know exactly.' 'Exactly what?'" pg 33

Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.

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"'Maybe we shouldn't disturb anything.' Maybe, not,'" pg 18

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successful clauses

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Asyndeton

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Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses

"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." 19

Using conjunctions in close successions, especially where some would usually be omitted.

"'A man washed up , that's all we know for sure.' 'A man with a bullet hole in his neck, Ruben says'" pg 42

The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.

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A contrast or opposition between two things.

"There's usually a world of difference between what's reported and what probably went on." pg 58

Epanalepsis

"The more I thought about this, and about where I was headed at present in life, which was working for my gather at the store until the end of time, the faster I pedaled." pg 46

Repeating after interviewing words.

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"And so he had retreated, alone, far out on the Point, to a shack that had once housed hens by the side of a salt pond." pg 67