Syntactical Devices
CJ Dotson
Anaphora
Anadiplosis
Asyndeton
Antithsis
Definition: Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
Definition: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Example: "Had adventures. What adventures?"
Example: "I read it was." "I guess there's no harm in agreeing to that."
Definition: A contrast or opposition between two things.
Example: "You've just found a body on the beach and now you're grinning like a hyena and you don't know why?
Definition: Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
Example: "The tide was too low, still going out, in fact."
Epistrophe
Epanalepsis
Polysyndeton
Definition: Repetition after intervening words.
Example: "What lifestyle? David had protested. How can I have a lifestyle when I live at home?"
Definition: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences.
Example: "Books. Books! You mean, for high school next fall?"
Definition: Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted.
Example: "He might now agree with t, but he wouldn't break it."