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Syntactical Devices Conglio - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices Conglio
Anadiplosis
Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
'"I might,' he answered. 'And then again, we many never know exactly.' 'Exactly what?'" (33)
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a successive clauses.
"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." (38)
Antithesis
A contrast or opposition between two things.
"She was about the most beaten-down dog I'd ever seen, and so stiff-jointed, she had to circle around four or five times before her old legs would agree to let her down on the ground. But she had a gentle face and a sweet way about her." (69)
Asyndeton
"She changed the beds, swept the floors, hauled in coal for the stove." (15)
Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
Epanalepsis
Repetition after intervening words.
"We knew the cast of characters, we knew the lingo." (20)
Epistrophe
The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
"'But we've got to talk about it. That's the most interesting part, that they told us not to talk about it.'" (62)
Polysyndeton
Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
"For a time we stood rooting in place, staring at the dead man, and at the pool of gray water he lay in, and the gulls who floated on the incoming swells just offshore, watching our movements with cold yellow eyes." (19)