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Syntactical Devices - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices
Epanalepsis
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Example: "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." (Lisle 19)
Anaphora
"Her wedding China was on display in the parlor cabinet. Her sheet music sat on the piano. Her bold handwriting filled the book of recipes that lay open, more often than not, on the counter in the kitchen where Marina Jeddy's older sister was now in charge." (Lisle 14)
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Polysydenton
Example: "For a time we stood in place staring at the dead man, and at the pool of gray water he lay in, ad at the gulls who floated on the incoming swells just off shore, watching our movements with cold yellow eyes." (Lisle 19)
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Antithesis
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Must be the liquor prohibition back in the 1920s you're interested in, rum runners and hijackers, fast boats and dark nights
Asyndenton
"Whiskey, vodka, brandy, even champagne- smuggled liquor" (Lisle 10)
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Anadiplosis
Example: '"And then again, we may never know exactly." "Exactly what?" ' (Lisle 33)
Definition: Anadiplosis is the repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence