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Syntactical Devices Harlan Kim - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices Harlan Kim
Anadiplosis
Definition: Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
Example: Page 33 - "'And then again, we may never know exactly.' 'Exactly what?'"
Anaphora
Definition: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses
Example: Page 14 - "Her coat and hat hung on a hook in the hall, as if she'd only stepped out for a moment. Her wedding china was on display in the parlor cabinet. Her sheet music sat on the piano. Her bold handwriting filled the book of recipes that lay open, more often than not, on the counter in the kitchen where Marina, Jeddy's older sister, was now in charge."
Antithesis
Definition: A contrast or opposition between two things
Example: Page 24 - "Chief McKenzie drew a good deal less salary than what my father made managing the store, and there were few luxuries."
Asyndeton
Definition: Omissions of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses.
Example: Page 39 - "
Movies, magazines, computer games.
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Epanalepsis
Definition: Repetition after intervening words
Example: Page 15 - "There was something I wasn't telling him, something I couldn't."
Epistrophe
Definition: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
Example: Page 26 - "But a second later she began to laugh again. Soon, she was shaking with laughter."
Polysyndeton
Definition: Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted
Example: Page 32 - "'I mean, there are officers whose job it is to say what happened and how it was done and when and where and so forth.'"