Syntactical Devices
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
Anaphora
Anadiplosis
The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
Repetition after intervening words.
A contrast or opposition between two things.
Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
Antithesis
Asyndeton
Epanalepsis
Epistrophe
Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
Polysyndeton
Ex: Must be the liquor Prohibition back in the 1920's your interested in, rum runners and hijackers, fast boats and dark knights.
Had adventures. What adventures?
Ex: Movies, magazines, computer games. All that stuff you buy at the mall.
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Her wedding china was on display, Her sheet music sat on the piano. Her bold handwriting filled the book of recipes.
Ex: Always has been you, always will be you.
Had adventures, what adventures?
Ex; Cheif magazine dew a good deal less than what my father made managing the store, and there were few luxurious.