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Syntactical Devices - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices
Epanalepsis
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Example: "'I never thought somebody could do a thing like that,' he went on in a ragged voice. 'Kill an old dog because you trip over her. I just never thought it'" (Lisle 82).
Antithesis
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Example: "There's usually a world of difference between what's reported and what probably went on" (Lisle 58).
Anaphora
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Example: "'Always has been, always will be'" (Lisle 15).
Anadiplosis
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Definition: Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of successive clauses.
Epistrophe
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Example: "You're supposed to work there for nothing? Well, almost nothing" (Lisle 87).
Polsyndeton
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Example: "'I mean, there are officers whose job it is to say what happened and how it was done and when and where and forth'" (Lisle 32).
Asyndeton
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Example: "gardens plowed, hedges pruned, lawns seeded" (Lisle 39).