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Syntactical Devices: Dev Ramcharan - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices: Dev Ramcharan
Antithesis
Definition: A contrast or opposition between two things
"Whatever mischief was going on along our shores at night-and you'd have to be both blind and deaf back then to not know there was a lot-it wouldn't ha**ve anything."
Anadiplosis
Definition: Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
“It's about time you started supporting your own lifestyle. What lifestyle?”
Polysyndeton
Definition: Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
“He wouldn’t take any thanks for it, either, which is why my mother would find a could of fresh caught blue fish on our front porch some mornings or a slab of smoked ham or an apple pie.”
Asyndeton,
Definition: Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
“His dad is a hands on-guy who measures industry by what he can see: gardens plowed, hedges burned, lawns seeded.”
Epistrophe
Definition: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
“Books. Books!”
Anaphora
Definition: The repetition of the word of phrase at the beginning of the successive clauses.
“She got twin plane engines you know. She does over thirty knots.”
Epanalepsis,
Definition: repetition after intervening words
"She could keep her head in murky weather too, which was a good thing because, with the arrival of that body, murky is what was heading for us."