Syntactical Devices
Epanalepsis
Antithesis
Anaphora
Anadiplosis
Definition: Repetition after intervening words.
Definition: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Definition: A contrast or opposition between two things.
Epistrophe
Polsyndeton
Definition: The use of conjunctions in places where they would not usually be used.
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Definition: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
Asyndeton
Definition: Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
Example: "There's usually a world of difference between what's reported and what probably went on" (Lisle 58).
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).
Example: "'Having quite a banquet for themselves. Quite a banquet!'" (Lisle 70).
Example: "'Always has been, always will be'" (Lisle 15).
Example: "You're supposed to work there for nothing? Well, almost nothing" (Lisle 87).
Definition: Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of successive clauses.
Example: "gardens plowed, hedges pruned, lawns seeded" (Lisle 39).
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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).