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Syntactical Devices David - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices David
Epanalepsis
Repetition after intervening words.
"We found one washed up on Coulter's Beach. David knows were Coulter's Beach is." Pg 8
Repetition of the final words of a sentence or a line at the beginning of the next.
"What happened next? What happened was that..." Pg 60
Anadiplosis
Anaphora
Repetition of the words or phrases at the beginning of selective clauses
"Maybe he knew this was going to happen. Maybe it's why he called up David and decided to talk, as a way of getting there, of revisiting the scene now that Jeddy is so sick. Pg 37
Asyndenton
Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
"Jeddy and I couldn't see it yet, but the fog was out there, sifting and swirling, already beginning to close in around the McKenzies' house." Pg 35.
Antithesis
A contrast or opposition between two things.
"But his double-chinned profile showed up clear in the glare of the headlights. Though he was short, far shorter than my father, his meaty chest gave him the look of a bulldog." Pg 49
Epistrophe
The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
"We were close at one time. Had adventures. What adventures?" Pg 7
Polysyndeton
Usual conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted
Must be the liquor probation in the 1920s you're interested in, rumrunners and hijackers, fast boats and dark nights." Pg 5