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Syntactical Devices - Angel Ajish Yohannan - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices - Angel Ajish Yohannan
Epistrophe
The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses of sentences.
"'What does that mean?' 'It means just what it means.'" pg. 33
Anadiplosis
Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
"He nodded. 'I know you would. And I would not tell my dad.'" pg.15
Antithesis
A contrast or opposition between two things
"Sometimes he did and sometimes he didn't." pg.14
Asyndeton
Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
"She changed the beds, swept the floors, hauled in coal for the stove." pg.15
Anaphora
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
"'She's got twin airplane engines, you know. She does over thirty knots.'" pg.11
Epanalepsis
Repetition after intervening words
"It was thugs gunning down thugs for the most part, battling over territorial rights to extortion and pay-offs." pg.19
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