SYNTACTICAL DEVICES nicolette abrantes
ANADIPLOSIS
definition: repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
example: "Jeddy started in disbelief. "It was here!" It was," I agreed."-page 30
ANAPHORA
definition: the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
examples: "Maybe he knew this was going to happen. Maybe its why he called up David and decided to talk, as a way of getting there, of revisiting the scene now that Jeddy is so sick."-page 37
ANTITHESIS
defintion: A contrast or opposition between two things.
examples: "He didn't really understand what it meant then; now he gets it. "-page 37
ASYNDETON
definition: Omissions of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
examples:"Movies, magazines, computer games."-page 39
EPANLEPSIS
definition: repitition after intervening words
examples: "He'd set a standard of a performance that was beyond me, or so if seemed to me then, and though he never expressed it, I was aware of an undercurreent of dissapointment in his dealings with me. "-page 24
EPISTROPHE
defintion: The repititon of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
examples: "Books. Books!"-page 39
POLYSYNDETON
definition: Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
examples: "And you, too, Marina."-page 33
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