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Syntactical Devices- Kelly Lu - Coggle Diagram
Syntactical Devices- Kelly Lu
Anadiplosis
Definition: Repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next.
Example: "'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: "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: "'Death was no more to them than a ready-made meal."
Asyndeton
Definition: Omission of conjunctions that ordinarily join words or clauses
Example: "She changed the bes, swept the floors, hauled in coal for the stove.
Epanalepsis
Definition: Repetition after intervening words
Example: "He dealt fair and square no matter who you were, and often he was more than fair."
Epistrophe
Definition: The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
Example:
"Had adventures. What adventures?"
Polysyndeton
Definition: Using conjunctions in close succession, especially where some would usually be omitted
Example: "I'd been under a heavy regime of right and wrong, good ways and bad ways, ever since I could remember, and to see one-eyed Tom out from under, cracking blue crabs at ten o'clock in the morning and falling asleep without even getting up from the table, was a sort of revelation to me."